With Chicago losing the 2016 Olympics is a devastating thing for the city. With all these hopes of job availability and the city's hopes for reconstruction, it all came to an end when Chicago was out of the running to win the Olympics. When the city was bidding for the 2016 games, there was hope for an economic boost within the city, and now that Chicago is not hosting the games, the economy will continue to suffer. It would of been nice to see Chicago's transportation system undergo some changes but with no Olympic games, there is no chance in the near future to see a improvement in the city's public transit system. With the Mayor Daley not focusing on the Olympic bid anymore, hopefully the mass problem of teen deaths can be addressed in a greater light. There are bigger problems that the city politicians need to focus rather than on the lose of the Olympics.
The jobs that the Olympics would have brought in would help the large number of people who are currently unemployed. The the current plan of how to use and utilize the space that was going to be Olympic Village, needs to be a realistic. I don't think a casino will benefit that space, city needs to put something that will benefit the city and the community around that area. And who knows when these plans will happen, because with the city of Chicago we can never be sure on anything that is being in the works. The problem is they over plan and don't have the budget to fulfill those great ideas. In my opinion, the are will remain untouched for the next year or so, maybe even longer.
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