Paris and L.A. Offered Olympics After IOC Moves to Avert Crisis
- 2024, 2028 hosts to be announced together amid waning interest
- IOC will now enter negotiations with both L.A. and Paris
The Paris 2024 bid presentation before IOC members in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 11, 2017.
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Paris and Los Angeles will be offered the summer Olympics for 2024 and 2028 after waning interest among potential hosts caused the ruling body to take the unprecedented step of awarding two games simultaneously.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach’s proposal comes amid a crisis at the Lausanne, Switzerland-based group after multiple withdrawals over cost concerns and public opposition left the two cities as the only bidders for 2024. The spiraling expenses of the games peaked with the $51 billion bill of Russia’s 2014 winter Olympics host Sochi, while Rio de Janeiro’s crisis-hit 2016 games led to further disquiet.