International Olympic Committee to award 2024 and 2028 Olympics to Paris and Los Angeles

International Olympic Committee to award 2024 and 2028 Olympics to Paris and Los Angeles
Olympic observers believe that when the IOC convenes in Lima, Peru this September 2017 it will award the 2024 games to Paris and the 2028 games to Los Angeles.

International Olympic Committee- July 11, 2017

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today unanimously agreed in principle to award both the Olympic Games of 2014 and 2018 at the same time, paving the way for a Win-Win-Win” situation for the Olympic Movement, Los Angeles and Paris.

The 130th IOC Session met today at the SwissTech Convention Centre in Lausanne to discuss the proposal made by the IOC Executive Board on 9 June.

The IOC membership approved the following proposal:

“Recognising the exceptional circumstances and unique opportunities presented by the candidatures of Los Angeles and Paris for the Olympic Games 2024, the International Olympic Committee takes the following decision:

1. To authorise the IOC Executive Board to conclude a tripartite agreement with Los Angeles and Paris and their respective NOCs for the simultaneous election of the host cities of the Olympic Games 2024 and 2028 during the 131st IOC Session in Lima;

2. Should such tripartite agreement be concluded, the 131st IOC Session will ratify the tripartite agreement, thereby electing one city for the Olympic Games 2024 and the other city for the Olympic Games 2028. To that effect, the 130th IOC Session hereby waives the seven-year deadline set out in Rule 33.2 of the Olympic Charter; and

3. Should such tripartite agreement not be concluded, the 131st IOC Session will proceed with the election of the host city 2024 in accordance with the current election procedure.”

Seconds after this decision, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo signalled their desire to reach an agreement by making a surprise joint appearance before the Session to thank IOC Members.

IOC President Thomas Bach called the IOC decision a “golden opportunity” for all concerned.

The International Olympic Committee is a not-for-profit independent international organisation made up of volunteers, which is committed to building a better world through sport. It redistributes more than 90 per cent of its income to the wider sporting movement, which means that every day the equivalent of 3.25 million US dollars goes to help athletes and sports organisations at all levels around the world.

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Video: The International Olympic Committee says it will award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games in September 2017

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Video: IOC to award 2024 and 2028 Olympics to Paris and Los Anegles

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Video: Los Angeles 2024 Candidate City Presentation
IOC 130th Session to be hosted in Lausanne, Switzerland

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Video: Paris 2024 Candidate City Presentation

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Paris also failed with a 1992 bid.

New York and Chicago lost their bids for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
Atlanta is the last U.S. city to host the games when it was the site of the 1996 Games of the XXVI Olympiad (Centennial Olympic Games).

Video: Announcement of the selection of Atlanta as host city for the 1996 Olympics – September 1990