Would Chicago make a good Olympic host city? Here are some facts about the competing cities for Olympics 2016. I will only compare cities with 3 highest bids in some factors: sport venues, transportation and green areas. We will discuss other factors later in this blog.
Sport venues:
Chicago has at least 27 sport venues. The most popular ones are US Cellular field (White Sox, baseball), Soldier field (Chicago Bear, Football), Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs, baseball), Allstate arena (hockey, basket ball, football), andUnited Center (Chicago Bulls, basketball) and Toyota Park (Soccer). Tokyo at least has 24 sport venues. The famous ones are Tokyo Dome (Tokyo Giant, baseball), Ajinomoto Stadium, and Olympics stadium (soccer). Madrid has at least 2 UEFA standards stadiums belong to Real Madrid (Estadio Santiago Bernabeu) and Atletico Madrid, two famous soccer teams in Spain. It also has two basketball venues, Palacio Vistalegre and Madrid Arena. In term of sport venues, the three cities face a very tough competition, however, Chicago is ready enough to be the host of Olympics.
Transportation :
Chicago has one of the best public transportation systems in North America. It has CTA bus and train system and Metra rail too. People in Chicago can travel to any places in the city easily. However from all of these three cities, Tokyo has the best public transportation system. The city has an efficient high speed train system. People who want to travel need to wait the train for only 1 or 2 minutes every time. Madrid has similar public transportation system to that of Chicago. Although, Chicago’s transportation system is not as good as that of Tokyo, but with some improvements it will be ready for the event by 2016. Another thing to consider is, although the transportation system in Tokyo is really advanced, the city population is really dense, therefore, in our opinion, it is not convenient for the visitors to travel around the city.
Green Areas and Public Spaces :
Chicago definitely is one of the most green cities in the world. It has more than 7300 acres of parkland, 552 parks, 33 beaches, nine museums, two world-class conservatories and 16 historic lagoons which is really outstanding. They are seen both in the downtown and the suburbs. The most prominent parks in the downtown of Chicago are Grant Park and Millennium Park. Tokyo has many parks too; however, the parks in Tokyo are usually small. One of the big parks in Tokyo is Ueno Park. Madrid has a lot of green areas too. The famous one is Parque del Retiro. It’s a really beautiful park with a lot of statues in it, however the parks in Chicago are the best for all kinds of activities.
We strongly favor Chicago as the Host City for the 2016 Olympics because of its transportion, sport venues and greenery. We truly think chicago is the most competent city to host the Olympics 2016.
Sport venues:
Chicago has at least 27 sport venues. The most popular ones are US Cellular field (White Sox, baseball), Soldier field (Chicago Bear, Football), Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs, baseball), Allstate arena (hockey, basket ball, football), andUnited Center (Chicago Bulls, basketball) and Toyota Park (Soccer). Tokyo at least has 24 sport venues. The famous ones are Tokyo Dome (Tokyo Giant, baseball), Ajinomoto Stadium, and Olympics stadium (soccer). Madrid has at least 2 UEFA standards stadiums belong to Real Madrid (Estadio Santiago Bernabeu) and Atletico Madrid, two famous soccer teams in Spain. It also has two basketball venues, Palacio Vistalegre and Madrid Arena. In term of sport venues, the three cities face a very tough competition, however, Chicago is ready enough to be the host of Olympics.
Transportation :
Chicago has one of the best public transportation systems in North America. It has CTA bus and train system and Metra rail too. People in Chicago can travel to any places in the city easily. However from all of these three cities, Tokyo has the best public transportation system. The city has an efficient high speed train system. People who want to travel need to wait the train for only 1 or 2 minutes every time. Madrid has similar public transportation system to that of Chicago. Although, Chicago’s transportation system is not as good as that of Tokyo, but with some improvements it will be ready for the event by 2016. Another thing to consider is, although the transportation system in Tokyo is really advanced, the city population is really dense, therefore, in our opinion, it is not convenient for the visitors to travel around the city.
Green Areas and Public Spaces :
Chicago definitely is one of the most green cities in the world. It has more than 7300 acres of parkland, 552 parks, 33 beaches, nine museums, two world-class conservatories and 16 historic lagoons which is really outstanding. They are seen both in the downtown and the suburbs. The most prominent parks in the downtown of Chicago are Grant Park and Millennium Park. Tokyo has many parks too; however, the parks in Tokyo are usually small. One of the big parks in Tokyo is Ueno Park. Madrid has a lot of green areas too. The famous one is Parque del Retiro. It’s a really beautiful park with a lot of statues in it, however the parks in Chicago are the best for all kinds of activities.
We strongly favor Chicago as the Host City for the 2016 Olympics because of its transportion, sport venues and greenery. We truly think chicago is the most competent city to host the Olympics 2016.
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