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Article: World Cup Showed That City Knows How to Handle Crowd
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 21, 1994
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From a security standpoint, the World Cup was a dress rehearsal
for the 1996 Democratic National Convention - and more difficult at
that.
"It was a great test run. If we can handle World Cup, we can
handle anything," said Fraternal Order of Police President Bill
Nolan.
Chicago just finished playing host to thousands of foreign
tourists and a dozen world leaders for an extraordinary two weeks
during which nobody knew what to expect. With elaborate security
preparations, the city pulled it off without a hitch.
By comparison, mayoral aides said, the 1996 convention should be