2006-08-13 03:20:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
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⤋