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re: Atlanta possibly bidding for 2024 Olympics?

Posted on 2/20/13 at 11:43 pm to
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
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Posted on 2/20/13 at 11:43 pm to
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Detroit


They actually made serious bids back in the 50s and 60s and came close to getting them in 1968 (I think).
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 2/20/13 at 11:45 pm to
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They actually made serious bids back in the 50s and 60s and came close to getting them in 1968 (I think).



Wasn't Detroit known as the "Paris of the Americas" once upon a time? How things have changed!
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 2/20/13 at 11:49 pm to
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Detroit
They actually made serious bids back in the 50s and 60s and came close to getting them in 1968 (I think)


The now-classic promo film Detroit: City on The Move (1965), was produced in an attempt to get the 1972 Olympics

But that was another Detroit...
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