Birnin Chicago na neman shiga gasar Olympics a shekara ta 2016. Yunkurin da birnin da Amurka ke yi na zama mai karbar bakuncin gasar Olympics ta lokacin zafi ta 2016 ya kasance batun tattaunawa mafi zafi a Illinois. Tare da goyon bayan wasu garuruwa, ƙauyuka da ƙauyuka a cikin jihohin Illinois, Indiana da Wisconsin, Chicago na ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa huɗu da kwamitin wasannin Olympic na duniya ke ɗauka.
Bill Scherr, memba na kwamitin Chicago 2016, Daraktan Wasanni, Chicago 2016 kuma shugaban Wasannin Wasannin Duniya Chicago ya ce Chicago ta kusan kusan gamawa tare da kwamitin tantancewa da ke ziyartar birnin a lokacin bazara. "Mun aika da babban wakilci a watan Yuni a Switzerland. Mun yi ta jan hankalin waɗancan membobin IOC 107 a gasar zaɓe da yawa don taron. Ƙudurinmu ya ƙare a ranar 2 ga Oktoba a wani taro na musamman a Copenhagen, Denmark tare da IOC inda muka gabatar da gabatarwa tare da sauran 'yan takara uku - Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Tokyo, "in ji shi, yana jawabi na 2nd Annual Midwest Lodging Summit Summit 2009.
Rio da Madrid suna gogayya da kyawawan garuruwansu. Tokyo yana gogayya da sautinsa, ingin tattalin arziƙi mai ƙarfi a cikin birni wanda ke gabatar da tsari mai tsari sosai. Madrid ta nemi a gasar ta 2012, amma a wasan kusa da na karshe da Paris da London, Paris ta lashe wasan kusa da na karshe sannan London ta zo ta biyu. Sai dai a wasan karshe, Madrid ta koma Landan; daga baya London ta doke Paris a gasar 2012.
Idan Chicago ta zama birni mai masaukin baki, za ta ƙunshi gogewa ga dukkan abubuwan da suka haɗa da 'yan wasa, dangin Olympics, 'yan kallo da masu kallon talabijin, balle mutanen Chicago.
Scherr ya ce shirin yana da ra'ayoyi guda hudu. Da farko, 'yan wasa za su kasance a tsakiyar wasannin. Za a gina wani kauye na Olympics, wani katafaren gini na zamani a tsakiyar birnin dake kan tafkin da ke da bakin teku mai zaman kansa. 'Yan wasan za su kusanci gasar ta yadda za su samu damar shiga fagen wasanni.
"Za a kafa wasannin ne a tsakiyar birnin domin 'yan uwa da 'yan kallo da 'yan wasa su ji dadin duk wani abu da birnin zai bayar. Za mu kewaye wasannin da biki da yanayi na abokantaka ta yadda za a samu kyakkyawar mu'amala tsakanin magoya baya da birnin da ke faruwa a gasar Olympics," in ji Scherr.
Filin wasan Olympics zai kasance yana da “fata mai rai” tare da dukan wajen filin wasan da ke watsa hotuna daga cikin filin wasa da kuma kewayen wasannin. Tsakanin filin wasa da filin wasa na Washington da Jackson Park, za a buɗe wuraren mu'amala da yara don gwada wasannin motsa jiki, don mutane don cinikin filaye, da kiosks don mutane don haɗawa da al'ummominsu a gida.
Ana sa ran wasannin za su tara dala biliyan 22.5 na kudin shiga ga Chicago; kuma ana sa ran masu ziyara miliyan daya za su iso. Kasafin kudin kauyen Olympic yana samar da dala biliyan 3.8 a cikin kudaden shiga amma farashin zai iya kaiwa dala biliyan 3.3 don gini. Scherr ya ce suna tsammanin dala miliyan 450 a cikin rarar da za a yi don karbar bakuncin - kamar yadda Atlanta da Salt Lake City suka bayar da rahoton samun kudaden shiga bayan an cire kudaden da aka kashe don karbar bakuncin wasannin. Hukumar ta ce suna tsammanin tara kudaden da masu tallafawa za su bayar a $1.248B, watsa $1.01B, tikiti $705M, gudummawar $246M, ba da lasisin $572M tare da dalar harajin birni a “sifili.” Jimlar kuɗaɗen sun haura dala biliyan 3.781. A karshen kashe kudi, Scherr ya bayyana cewa suna siyan dala miliyan 450 na inshora duk da haka.
"Gasar Olympics za ta kasance babban aiki na duniya. Zai yi tasiri mai kyau na tattalin arziki na shekaru masu zuwa da suka wuce 2016, "in ji shi.
"Lokacin da mutane suka ambata mini cewa za a iya gudanar da taron a Chicago, na yi tunanin hauka ne kawai. Garin ba zai iya ba; Laurence Geller, shugaban Strategic Hotels & Resorts, ya kara da cewa Chicago ita ce ta karshe da kuri'u 7 cikin 12 a yunkurin neman gasar Olympics. Amma tsakanin magajin gari, shugaban da Shugaba na Chicago 2016, Patrick Ryan da wasu mutane kaɗan, bai ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo ba don shawo kan Geller cewa wasannin Olympics na iya kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun abubuwan da za su taɓa faruwa ga Windy City.
“Kamar sabon tuba, mutum na iya zama mai bishara. Otal din mu suna ba da cikakken goyon baya ga gasar Olympics. Na san tasirin tasirin tattalin arzikin zai kasance babba. Mafi mahimmanci, kunshin karfafa tattalin arzikin da za mu samu don wannan birni da jihar yana da girma, "in ji Geller.
