1.   And remember six years ago when the city was bidding for NFL teams?

2.   Cities would bid for the event.

3.   He convinced former Mayor Andrew Young that the city should bid for the games.

4.   Now the city bids for their presence and parties them up for a solid week.

5.   The committee will also seek to reform the process by which cities bid for the Winter and Summer Games.

6.   The decision shatters the myth that cities must bid a few times before getting the gold.

7.   The city had bid for the Olympics five times, but after the scandal and bribery charges, no one seemed to want them anymore.

8.   Two cities were bidding for the affections of a very wealthy, very insular few.

9.   Park City, a ski complex a half an hour outside Salt Lake City, is one of nine cities now bidding for the games.

10.   Altogether eleven cities are bidding for the Summer Games.