NYC still in the Olympic running.New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. is one step closer to hosting the 2012 Olympic games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. . Come Nov. 3, either New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of or San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden will make the cut. The winner will then compete against cities outside of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . It's projected that the Olympics would bring in over $11.3 billion to New York City. Thousands of jobs would be created, city hotels would be flush with guests and scores of new facilities would be built throughout the city. Some key elements of the plan are a West Side stadium and an expanded Jacob Javits Convention Center. An extension of the No. 7 subway line is also part of the plan, though it would likely move forward regardless of an Olympic bid. An Olympic village would be constructed at Queens West, where 15,000 athletes could be housed. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall is reportedly against developing Queens West for the Olympics. "We thank the thousands of New Yorkers whose energy and creativity have produced the bid. We will now re-double our efforts in our quest to bring the Olympic games to the World's Second Home," said NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City 2012 spokesman Laz Benitez. Several real estate firms are backing the push to bring the Olympic to New York City. According to the NYC20 12 website, Fisher Brothers, Glenwood Management, SL Green Real Estate and Tishman-Speyer Properties have all donated $100,000 and above. Cushman & Wakefield, Insignia and The Related Companies (among other firms) have donated $50,000 and above. |
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