Contents
Preface
About the author
Acknowledgements
1. How to Use This Book
2. Introduction
3. Background - The Olympics Are BIG Business
4. Chicago Makes Its Play
5 .What Was at Stake - Chicago Loves "Big Plans"
6. The Players – The International Olympic Committee
7. The Players – For the City
8. The Players – The Opposition
9 .The Battle for the Bid Begins - No Games Goes Public
10.What Did the Bid Actually Propose?
11.Insights and an Insider Drives Strategy and Tactics
12.The Research - What Was Learned
13.Tactics and Tools
14.Going Public, Part 2 – April Rally & March - No Games Meets the IOC
15.Going Public, Part 3 – Operation Cheese - No Games Goes to the IOC
16.Star Power and the Bid
17.No Games Grows on the Media
18.Arrogance, Missteps, Scandal, Attempted Bribes
19.Mayor Daley Must Sign the Blank Check - Aldermen Briefed in Secret – No Games Tells All
20.50 Wards in 50 Days and No Games Was There
21.Major Push for a Community Benefits Agreement - To What End?
22.Who Backed and Paid for the Bid?
23.Chicago 2016 Economic Impact Study a Work of Fiction
24.How's This for "Oversight" - Carrie Austin & Ed Burke
25.The Battle for the Bid’s Last Days – A Flurry of City Activity - Whining & Whitewashing
26.Heading to Decision Day – Emailing the IOC 70 Days in a Row
27.The Tide Is Turned - Chicagoans Say "No Games!"
28.Going Public, Part 4 - A Protest at City Hall
29.Going Public, Part 5 – Operation Mermaid - What Happened in Copenhagen – The End of the Battle
30.Immediately After the Decision - The Media Get It Wrong Again
31.Did No Games Make a Difference?
32.Delusional Post-Mortems & No Mention of No Games
33.The Police Spied on No Games
34.The Pricey Legacy of the Bid
35.Post Battle Research – The Olympics Are Always Way Over Budget
36.The No Games Ripple Effect - No Games Organizer Deported
37.Lessons for the Future
38.Closing Thoughts
39.Strategic Playbook
40.Online Extras
41.Select Literature in the Field
Index