Last
updated Saturday, November 2, 2002
Bay
Area loses Olympic bid to New York
Sympathy
for terrorist attacks could have swayed voters deciding U.S. city
to compete for 2012 Summer Games
by Keith
Peters
 Sentimentality
won out over good weather and good sense on Saturday when New
York City beat out the Bay Area to become the U.S. candidate for
the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Members of the
Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee (BASOC) had put together a
solid plan that included having 80 percent of the Olympic venues
already in place, near-perfect summer weather, the best low-risk
financial package, and fabulous vistas.
New York, meanwhile,
countered with the prestige of the Big Apple, charismatic leadership
and sympathy from last year's terrorist attacks. It is believed
that sympathy apparently swayed the vote in New York's
favor.
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