[NU Sports] OT: Chicago bid (fwd)

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

Lake Michigan woould work for the sailing competition too.

John DeGroat
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From: Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
> > I just took a look at the official Chicago Olympics website 
> > (www.chicago2016.org) and saw that the proposed venues include 
> > preliminary round soccer games at Ryan Field, but nothing else at NU.
> 
> Um, is Ryan Field big enough for an Olympic soccer pitch?
> 
> A football field is 120 yards long and 160 feet wide.
> 
> Most international soccer pitches are between 110 and 120 yards long,
> so that's not a problem, but they are usually 70-80 yards wide, so they
> need an additional 50-80 feet of width.
> 
> How wide are the team areas on the sidelines and how much of that is grass?  
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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