LA set to launch 2024 Olympics bid

Meanwhile, Blackmun revealed results of a USOC-commissioned poll of Los Angeles residents from earlier this month.

The leaders were asked how they will gauge public opinion that was also the downfall of the Boston bid and Blackmun said, “Los Angeles has already hosted a couple of times and they demonstrated their passion for the Olympic Games“.

“The L.A. Olympics would inspire the world and are right for our city“, Garcetti said in a statement.

After Boston withdrew its bid late last month due to a lack of public support, Los Angeles had emerged as the favourite to become America’s candidate city and the USOC has now confirmed talks are under way. “The board authorized USOC CEO Scott Blackmun to work with Los Angeles to further explore the viability of a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games”, TASS cited him as saying.

“We have everything in place, and that’s why Los Angeles is one of the few cities in the world that can host the games in a two-year time”, LA84 Foundation Vice President Patrick Escobar said.

The United States could take the next step toward finding a replacement bid for 2024 on Wednesday.

The USOC made its announcement Wednesday after a board of directors meeting at the Denver global Airport. In any case, various venues are now set up here, which could help make the Games in Los Angeles billions less expensive to put on than they would be about anyplace else.

USOC officials said polling earlier this month found that 81 percent of Angelenos are in favor of bringing the summer games to town. The IOC members elect the 2024 host city at their 2017 session in Lima, Peru.

“We are LA citizens who are concerned with the fiscal state of LA city & county”, said the group in a Twitter exchange with the Globe.

“I think that’s a non-issue in the case of Los Angeles“. “It left a great legacy for the city”.

Los Angeles was considered the domestic frontrunner for the 2024 Olympics, in a field of four finalists that included Boston, San Francisco and Washington, DC.

Part of the reason that Boston reportedly pulled out of the U.S. bid was over money.

Agent Casey Wasserman is also a player in a bid from Los Angeles, which would join Rome, Paris, Budapest and Hamburg, Germany, in the contest.

“The Games have not been in the United States since 1996”. “There is a whole generation of Americans that hasn’t seen the Games on American soil”. “I think both the USOC and the city of Los Angeles believe that this is potentially their time and we hope that we can work together with a strong partnership to make it happen”.