LA Reveals 2024 Olympics Plan

Twice already the host of the Summer Olympics, Los Angeles demonstrates that it is ready to go with a plan to host the Games a third time.

A 24-page document detailing the preliminary plans of Los Angeles to host the 2024 Summer Games is available for viewing at the website of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games.

Featuring 26 venues - most of them existing, some of them temporary - the Los Angeles plan is centered around a downtown cluster that includes the Coliseum, used in the 1932 and 1984 Games. The area around the Coliseum would be developed as "America’s Olympic Park" and include other venues, such as a temporary 20,000-seat soccer venue. The biggest project for the downtown cluster would be construction of an Olympic Village.

The venue plan has been compiled for presentation to the U.S. Olympic Committee, which is deciding whether to bid for the 2024 Games. No costs or budget is included with the plan from Los Angeles.

Along with Los Angeles, two other California cities - San Diego and San Francisco - are being considered. Other cities being reviewed by the USOC include Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, and Dallas.

Executives from the USOC have made visits to each of the cities to get a handle on the enthusiasm and resources available to back a new bid from the United States.

USOC chairman and IOC member Larry Probst says the US has not determined whether to bid for 2024. That decision is expected late this year. Probst has said that the USOC will not initiate a formal bidding process, but will work with cities on an individual basis to see if they have what it takes for a successful bid.

Salt Lake City was the last U.S. host of the Olympics at the 2002 Winter Games while Atlanta in 1996 was the last host of the Summer Games in the U.S.

The IOC will decide on 2024 in 2017.

Written by Ed Hula.

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