Los Angeles redoubles efforts to host 2024 summer
Olympics
Los Angeles redoubles efforts to host 2024 summer Olympics - San Jose Mercury News
As a deadline to submit its bid approaches, Los Angeles officials are stepping up their efforts to host
the 2024...
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Los Angeles redoubles efforts to host 2024 summer
Olympics
Los Angeles redoubles efforts to host 2024 summer Olympics - San Jose Mercury News
As a deadline to submit its bid approaches, Los Angeles officials are stepping up their efforts to host
the 2024 Summer Olympics and overcome perceived obstacles that could keep the International
Olympic Committee from looking elsewhere.
But the very assets of the city -- its enormous sports infrastructure and a history of staging the
Games with little public assistance -- could doom its bid in the eyes of the IOC, analysts and sports
economists said.
The city plans to submit its bid to the U.S. Olympic Committee for the 2024 Games in September.
The U.S. committee will then select a city and likely deliver its recommendation to the IOC by the
end of the year. The IOC will announce the winning bid in 2017.
"The watchword for the Olympics has been legacy: What will be left after the Games are over," said
Stefan Szymanski, a professor of sport manag
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