IL HJR0016

Urges the International Olympic Committee to consider using the World Shooting & Recreational Complex in Sparta for shooting events if Chicago is selected as host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games

Describes the World Shooting & Recreational Complex as featuring over 1,500 acres including 250 acres of water, 120 trap fields extending 3.5 miles, 2 sporting clays courses, and 24 skeet fields

Notes that over $35 million has been invested in the complex's world-class facilities

Highlights that the Grand American World Trap Shooting Championships held at the complex since August 2006 have attracted thousands of competitors and tens of thousands of spectators

Proposes presenting a copy of the resolution to the International Olympic Committee