Paris set for 2024 Olympics as Los Angeles opts for 2028
- 7 years ago
Los Angeles has formally bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2028, leaving the field clear for Paris to claim what is seen as the top prize: the 2024 Games.
Both cities had been competing for the event in seven years’ time after several other contenders withdrew.
It’s thought money and time played a large part in LA’s decision; the city will get more of both by opting for the later date.
“On my first day as mayor, I wrote, as my first act, a letter to USA Olympic Committee to saying that we wanted to bring the Olympics back. That day we have begun a remarkable journey. In sports term there is no other metaphor: it was a marathon,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The move by the Americans leaves the French capital as the only runner left in the race for 2024.
The IOC and both cities still have to sign a formal accord. The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo tweeted that discussions would continue throughout August and that she was optimistic September’s vote in Peru would be a historic moment.
Both Paris and LA are on course to join London as the only cities ever to host the Games – summer or winter – three times.
The stage is set for the French capital to host the summer event on the centenary of the last time it did so, for the famous “Chariots of Fire” Games in 1924.
Both cities had been competing for the event in seven years’ time after several other contenders withdrew.
It’s thought money and time played a large part in LA’s decision; the city will get more of both by opting for the later date.
“On my first day as mayor, I wrote, as my first act, a letter to USA Olympic Committee to saying that we wanted to bring the Olympics back. That day we have begun a remarkable journey. In sports term there is no other metaphor: it was a marathon,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The move by the Americans leaves the French capital as the only runner left in the race for 2024.
The IOC and both cities still have to sign a formal accord. The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo tweeted that discussions would continue throughout August and that she was optimistic September’s vote in Peru would be a historic moment.
Both Paris and LA are on course to join London as the only cities ever to host the Games – summer or winter – three times.
The stage is set for the French capital to host the summer event on the centenary of the last time it did so, for the famous “Chariots of Fire” Games in 1924.