GamesBids.com: 2016 Olympic Bid News


More than 500,000 Votes in Online GamesBids.com Olympic Bid Poll
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GB Editor on Thursday, October 1, 2009  12:55pm EDT
 
Over half-a-million votes have been cast in an unscientific online GamesBids.com
poll asking readers who they would like to see win the 2016 Olympic Games

2016 Olympic Bid Timeline - How We Got Here
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GB Editor on Thursday, October 1, 2009  12:45pm EDT
 
On October 2, 2009 the IOC membership at the 121st Session in Copenhagen will
vote for the Host City of the 2016 Olympic Games. Copenhagen

Rio Complains To IOC After Madrid Comment
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GB Staff on Wednesday, September 30, 2009  2:35pm EDT
 
Rio 2016 officials formally lodged a compliant to the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) Wednesday following a report that an official from Madrid 2016
criticized the

2016 Bid Cities Say Why They Should Win
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GB Staff on Wednesday, September 30, 2009  11:14am EDT
 
The four cities bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro,
Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid - are ramping up their bids

2016 Bid Cities Pump Up Their Bids
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GB Staff on Monday, September 28, 2009  3:01pm EDT
 
Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will be in Copenhagen to support Tokyo's
bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Japan Today reports the prime minister

Fraudulent Anti-Chicago 2016 Website Traced To Rio
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GB Editor on Friday, September 25, 2009  9:17pm EDT
 
Earlier this week, GamesBids.com reported that website ChicagoansForRio.com is
backed by a group of Chicagoans who don’t want to see the Olympic Games come
to

Obama And Hatoyama May Attend IOC Vote In Copenhagen
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GB Staff on Friday, September 25, 2009  9:07am EDT
 
Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Thursday he hoped to visit
Copenhagen next week to lobby for Tokyo's 2016 Summer Olympic bid, reports AFP.

Crunch Time For 2016 Bid Cities
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GB Staff on Wednesday, September 23, 2009  10:44am EDT
 
It's crunch time for the four cities - Chicago, Madrid, Rio and Tokyo - bidding
to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, and representatives of

Close Vote For 2016 Games - IOC President
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GB Staff on Thursday, September 17, 2009  12:26pm EDT
 
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge said the city
winning the election for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games will do so by a tiny

Chicago, Rio, Get Boost Ahead Of 2016 Election
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GB Staff on Wednesday, September 16, 2009  10:34am EDT
 
Just days before the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games is announced,
two of the four bid cities - Chicago and Rio -