![]() ![]() ![]() The pattern was familiar: Cities would woo IOC voters with fairy tales about facilities, transportation systems, costs, public support, and even weather during potential Games. “Bid books used to be jokingly called some of the world’s greatest fiction,” said former International Olympic Committee executive Michael Payne, recalling an era that endured roughly until the 1996 Atlanta Games when bid cities routinely pitched unrealistic proposals.
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