Chicago sets sights on next cut for 2016 Olympics

On the eve of the IOC announcement of the shortlist of bidding cities for the 2016 Summer Games a number of articles have hit the web boasting of Chicago's prospects.

ESPN says, "Chicago officials confident city will make next cut in bid for 2016 Olympics."

GamesBids has an update with the following results, "BidIndex shows Chicago (60.73, up 0.17) narrowly ahead of Tokyo (60.66, up 0.25) to lead the applicants; former front runner Rio de Janeiro (59.90, down 0.92) has dropped to third and Madrid (59.50, up 1.25) stays in fourth while narrowing the gap and boasting the largest increase." I would love to see either Tokyo or Chicago win so this is good news for me.

Above I have embedded a Venue Flyover video from the Chicago Bidding Committee.

From ESPN & GamesBids