June 06, 2006
GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT 2016


Philadelphia is getting serious about hosting the Summer Olympics in 2016. The group formerly known as the Philadelphia 2016 Working Group has adopted the name "Philadelphia 2016," and has formed a board and named two co-chairs, David L. Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast Corp., and Dawn Staley, the women's basketball coach at Temple University. Notably, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer ("Olympics Group Adds Two Cochairs," by Larry Eichel), "Thus far, no visible opposition has surfaced locally to the idea of a Philadelphia Olympics. Mayor Street is a strong backer of the bid; public officials generally have been supportive."

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