Olympic Benefits

http://www.statesman.com/services/content/sports/stories/other/06/05/0605olympics.html?cxtype=ybuzz

This website talks about how Chicago has been selected as one of the final four nominations for the 2016 summer olympics. The International Olympics committee says that if they want to get higher in the standings and have a better chance to get the olympics, Chicago will need to come up with a better plan for their transportation methods as well as finances. The united states olympic representative said he would be working vigorously to try and correct in these areas.
The reason people are trying so hard to get the olympics into their country, and specifically there city, is because the game bring in millions of dollars. The money comes from all over the world to visit and watch the games. This may be just the boost that the us could use to get out of the recession that we're in. Hopefully it won't go on until 2016 but either way, the money being brought into the country will help the economy.