Editing 1904 Summer Olympics (section)

==Background==
[[Chicago, Illinois]], initially won the bid to host the 1904 Summer Olympics,<ref name="stead1901">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/americanizationo01stea#page/340/mode/2up | title=The Americanization of the World | publisher=Horace Markley | author=Stead, W. T. | year=1901 | pages=341}}</ref> but the organizers of the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]] in [[St. Louis]] opposed the scheduling of another international event for the same time frame in a different city, perceiving such a prospect as a [[Competition (economics)|competitive threat]] that would divert potential attendees and the revenues that they would bring.  The Louisiana Purchase Exposition's organizers responded by developing plans for including large-scale international sports activities in their own event, informing the Chicago OCOG{{what?|date=October 2024}} that unless the Olympics were moved to St. Louis, such that persons interested in both events could attend each, the Louisiana Purchase Expedition's organizers would conduct and publicize competitions on a scale eclipsing that of the Olympics, retaining and attracting enough attendees and revenues that the Olympics' hosts and backers would not recoup their investment.  [[Pierre de Coubertin]], founder of the modern Olympic movement, then intervened and awarded the Games to St. Louis.