After the abrupt withdrawal Boston in July, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) relied in LA Tuesday 1 st in September hope to organize the Olympic Games 2024.
“Los Angeles is truly an Olympic city, Olympism is part of our DNA” , hammered, smiling, Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the bid committee LA-2024. “The Games like LA and LA like the games we want that the Games come home” , added Eric Garcetti, Mayor of the City
The Californian metropolis. Indeed, a sacred Olympic past, as it has organized the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984. “Los Angeles has shown in the past that she had the experience to successfully organize OJ and she knew organize global events “, said Scott Blackmun, the CEO of the USOC, at a press conference.
The 1984 Olympics, with a spectacular opening ceremony in the Coliseum stadium in the heart of the Games, and then the unprecedented involvement of private partners who helped to make a profit, were a turning point in Olympic history.
This strong memory, the promoters of the candidature of Los Angeles will have much need. Although they are still the main financiers of the Olympic movement through its television and multinationals, the United States go far in this Olympic campaign facing Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Hamburg and Budapest.
Boston was originally chosen by the USOC, which had then ignored the Los Angeles case. But the Massachusetts city finally withdrew his candidacy in July of accession unless its people, concerned about the possible financial implications. The USOC, this time made sure to have the prior support of the city council of Los Angeles voted Tuesday at midday unanimously in favor of the Olympic project.
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Los Angeles 2024 draft expects a $ 4.1 billion budget (3 6 billion) and aims revenues of $ 4.8 billion due to the contribution of the International Olympic Committee, at the ticket, partnerships and TV rights.
It provides for use Existing structures such as the Coliseum, upgraded to 300 million dollars, the Staples Center, where the basketball teams play the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers, Dodger Stadium (baseball) or the Rose Bowl (football and American football). The construction of the Olympic village for athletes would be provided by a private operator would pay $ 975 million. But some believe the envelope already budgeted far below reality.
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