84 Percent of Chicagoans Want The Olympics Here

By Margaret Lyons in News on Apr 15, 2008 9:51PM

A new poll today says that 84 percent of Chicago-area residents support or "somewhat support" hosting the Olympics here. Residents of other applicant cities Madrid and Rio show similar levels of enthusiasm, but only 62 percent of Tokyo dwellers back their city's bid.

The poll was commissioned by the Chicago 2016 bid committee, which sounds fishy to us but who knows. Also, did everyone else know the 2014 Winter Games are in Sochi, Russia? [Trib]