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COLORADO?

2006-08-13 03:21:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Colorado stunned the world in 1972.

With a brash young lawyer-lawmaker named Dick Lamm leading the way, residents said they didn't want the 1976 Winter Olympics.

And they said it in a big way. The landmark vote on Nov. 7, 1972, wasn't even close -- 514,228 to 350,964. A 59.4 percent majority said they weren't willing to spend tax dollars to have the Games in their state.

It was an amazing turnaround from just 21/2 years earlier, when a small Denver group returned as conquering heroes from Amsterdam after meeting with the International Olympic Committee.

They were greeted with a brass band and a motorcade through downtown Denver after the city was awarded the Olympics.

Many thought they deserved it. Efforts to get a Winter Olympics for Colorado had begun in 1954 when Colorado Springs and Aspen made a joint effort to get the 1960 Games.

But now, having won the Games, concerns about their potential cost quickly began to alarm some Coloradans.

2006-08-13 03:23:37 · answer #2 · answered by His 5 · 3 0

Colorado

2006-08-13 03:22:49 · answer #3 · answered by coolbreezes1 1 · 2 0

Georgia

2006-08-13 03:22:05 · answer #4 · answered by celine8388 6 · 0 1

It was Colorado, Denver to be more specific.

2006-08-13 03:23:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

Texas?

2006-08-13 03:22:21 · answer #6 · answered by mi. 2 · 0 2

this is an easy one too, its Colorado

2006-08-13 03:31:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 2 0

I don't understand your question.

2006-08-13 03:21:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

iowa

2006-08-13 03:22:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

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