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Originally Posted by octothorp
It's being removed because nobody other than the US ever wins, while baseball is being removed because the Olympics thought that they would get major leaguers, but MLB has never participated. And neither sport is being played significantly in europe or africa.
Though I would think that if Chicago wins the 2016 bid (which I think it will), the IOC would vote to reinstall the sports since they'd be a big draw.
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I thought that the fact that Baseball is generally a more expensive stadium, and that most Olympic cities usually need to build a stadium was a big factor in them taking it out of the Olympics. But as you say if Chicago was to get the Olympics in 2016..they may look to bring it back.