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One Great Idea: Mike French, Co-owner, Philadelphia Wings lacrosse team

His One Great Idea: Philadelphia should make a bid to host the Olympic Games in 2024.

"Philadelphia should put all its effort towards preparing their bid to be the host of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

"I think Philadelphians sometimes don't realize what they really have here. ... We have the best facilities for athletic events in North America and possibly the world. We have three world-class facilities in South Philly, not to mention the colleges and the universities we have in the city and outside the city. ...

"The second thing that we have is, we have infrastructure. We have the most accessible city in the Northeast. We are now probably an hour and 10 minutes from Penn Station in New York, and we're about an hour and 40 minutes from Union Station in Washington. ...

"The final thing ... is we have Comcast. Comcast/NBC Universal is covering the games. ... And who is going to promote it more in the city where they were born than Comcast?

"I've traveled an awful lot in my life. I can't think of a better place that's more suited for the Olympic Games."

Response to Last Week’s Idea

One reader’s idea:

"I always keep a children's book in my backpack, and have given out about 20 or so on the train ride home.

"Any time I see someone with a child, I just casually hand him or her a book — no big deal, no real thanks needed.

"If we could just get people to put an extra book in their bag and practice a 'random act of literacy' during their commute, think of the number of books you would put in the hands of kids.

"Simple, anonymous, and enjoyable!"

Ideas can be e-mailed to onegreatidea@phillynews.com.

The Inquirer and Philly.com have launched a 45-week project to inspire Philadelphians to suggest great ideas for the city and region.

In our "One Great Idea" project, we're asking well-known and less-known people of our region to tell us their single great idea to change Philadelphia. These video interviews will run on Philly.com each Tuesday and The Inquirer's Wednesday commentary pages.

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