Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics
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Games of the XXXIII Olympiad XVII Paralympic Games |
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| City | Los Angeles, United States |
| Chair | Casey Wasserman |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee (USOC) |
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1932 Summer Olympics 1984 Summer Olympics |
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The Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics is an ongoing attempt to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to the city of Los Angeles. It is one of two candidate cities along with Paris. Los Angeles was chosen by the United States Olympic Committee on August 28, 2015, after the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to back the bid.
Los Angeles was the second city submitted by the USOC for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Boston was originally chosen to be the American bid, but withdrew on July 27, 2015, due to potential cost overruns. Los Angeles also originally bid for the USOC's nomination in late 2014, when Boston was chosen over Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. This is the third United States summer bid since hosting the Centennial Olympic Games (1996) in Atlanta, previously losing in 2012 and 2016 to London and Rio de Janeiro.
Los Angeles previously hosted the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. In addition to being the city's third time hosting the Summer Games, if awarded the 2024 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles will become the first American city to host the Olympic games since the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the first American city to host the game three times. Of note, July 28, 2024, marks the 40th anniversary of Los Angeles' 1984 Summer Olympics and July 30, 2024, marks the 92nd anniversary of the city's 1932 Summer Olympic Games.
Should Los Angeles win the bid, the Olympic Games would be held from July 19, 2024 to August 4, 2024; while the Paralympic Games would be held from August 21, 2024 to September 1, 2024. If Los Angeles win the bid, it would be the fifth time a United States city to host the Summer Olympics and the second city to host the games three times after London (1908, 1948 and 2012) and it would also mark the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Summer Olympics, which were held in the same city.
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