Skip to main content

Olympic pick of Chicago would be tourism boon to Madison, Wisconsin

We will learn Friday if the Isthmus, Old Sauk Road, Blue Mound State Park and Tyrol Basin become Olympic venues.

Sounds surreal, doesn’t it?

But if officials in Copenhagen select Chicago over Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid for the 2016 Summer Games, road cycling and the mountain biking events will be hosted in Dane County. That means thousands of spectators, Olympic officials and athletes will need places to sleep, eat and be entertained.