(ATR)Potential bidders for the 2024 Summer Olympics are taking steps to be ready to run when the IOC opens the campaign in September.
Berlin and Hamburg turned in their respective bid proposals for the 2024 Games in September of last year.The French Olympic Committee is also considering a bid from Paris, and the United States Olympic Committee has selected Boston as the U.S. bid for the 2024 Games.
Boston 2024, the private group behind the city's bid, plans to hold monthly public meetings over the next several months. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh will hold the city's first public meeting on the Boston 2024 effort on Jan. 27 at 6:30 p.m. EST at the local Suffolk Law School.
Other bids are expected to join the race for the 2024 Olympics, though only Rome has declared its interest.
Around the Ringseditor Ed Hula reviews developments in Boston, Germany, Paris, Qatar, Rome and South Africa concerning the campaign for the 2024 Games.
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