Ted Leonsis on bringing Olympic games to D.C.: 'I want to disprove that we're a dysfunctional community' (Video)
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The biggest challenge facing D.C. in its bid for the 2024 Olympics is the media's notion that the city is 'dysfunctional,' says Ted Leonsis, chairman and founder of Monumental Sports & Entertainment. (Video by Emily Mekinc)
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The biggest challenge facing Washington, D.C., in its bid host the 2024 Summer Olympics is the media-driven perception that the city is "dysfunctional."
So says Ted Leonsis, the chairman and founder of Monumental Sports & Entertainment and vice chairman of Washington 2024, the nonprofit that's organizing the region's bid to land the Games. The District is competing with Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. We caught up with Leonsis Friday morning at an event ahead of the NHL Winter Classic to unveil a newly refurbished street hockey rink at an elementary school in Southeast, and he held up hosting mega-events such as the recent Concert for Valor and other attributes as proof the region can pull it off.
"I think it's our time," he says.
As for the biggest challenge — that D.C. is "dysfunctional" — check out the video above for more on how Leonsis plans to disprove that notion.
Emily Mekinc produces video and writes for the Business Journal.
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