The US Olympic committee has picked Los Angeles for the 2024 bid.
The host city will be chosen in 2017. Boston had pulled out earlier. LA Mayor says that games would be both spectacular and profitable. Most infrastructure needed exists already.------------
"... The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has named Los Angeles as the US bid for hosting the 2024 games.
"This is a quest Los Angeles was made for," said LA mayor Eric Garcetti. "This city is the world's greatest stage."
The bid sets out $6bn (£3.8bn) in proposed public and private spending.
Los Angeles hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and if chosen would join London as another three-time-host city. It replaces Boston, which dropped out. ..."
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti proposes Los Angeles for the 2024 Olympic Games
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