Rome bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics
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| Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |
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| City | Rome, Italy |
| Chair | Mario Pescante |
| NOC | Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) |
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| 1960 Summer Olympics | |
Rome 2020 (Italian: Roma 2020) was a proposed bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics by the city of Rome and the Italian National Olympic Committee. Rome previously hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics. The bid was withdrawn due to the lack of support from the Italian government.
The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) announced the selection of Rome as Italy's candidate on May 19, 2010. Rome beat out Venice to be selected as CONI's bidding city for 2020. CONI did not select Venice because it was deemed unable to fulfill requirements set by the IOC for hosting the games. Among others, it relied too heavily on venues outside the city, including in Treviso and Padua. The initial Rome proposal included a $61 million bid budget and utilizing 70 percent of existing venues.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, who ran the 1990 FIFA World Cup, was asked to lead the bid committee, but turned the offer down. Entrepreneur Nerio Alessandri was also offered the job but declined. IOC vice president Mario Pescante was chosen instead. His appointment was cleared by the IOC Ethics Committee, which found no conflict of interest. In an interview with media outlet Around the Rings, Pescante also acknowledged competition from other potential bid cities, particularly emphasizing Tokyo's bid.
In a September 2011 interview, IOC President Jacques Rogge defended Rome and Madrid's ability to host the games in spite of the current eurozone debt crisis. He said that both cities already have a lot of venues in place and not much would need to be built. He continued by saying that at the very most some venues would need upgrades and that both cities had the needed infrastructure to host the games. Rome's bid was given full backing by the Italian government on February 22, 2011. The bid had been initially a €31 Million budget. The bid's Chairman Mario Pescante stated that he hopes that Rome's bid can serve as "a blueprint for a return to fiscal responsibility and real sustainability in the Olympic bidding process".
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