It looks like we’re going to have to wait a bit longer for the Olympics to come back to American soil. According to a statement on Wednesday, the committee leading the charge to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles is prepared to concede the bid to Paris, the only other contender still standing.
According to Inside the Games, the LA committee appears to be shifting its focus towards 2028.
In a statement, bid leader Casey Wasserman admitted that their bid has never been “only about LA or 2024”, opening up the prospect of them accepting the opportunity to stage the Games in 2028.
Wasserman claimed they are more interested in how best they can serve the “long-term needs of the Olympic and Paralympic Games”.
Paris is claiming that it can’t host the Olympics in 2028 because of issues relating to the land that is earmarked to host the Athletes’ Village.
The United States last hosted the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, and last hosted the winter games in 2002, when they were held in Salt Lake City. The next two editions of the winter games, in 2018 and 2022, will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea and Beijing, China, respectively, while the 2020 summer games will be held in Tokyo, Japan.
Previous suitors, outside of Los Angeles and Paris, for the 2024 Summer Olympics were Budapest, Hamburg, and Rome.
The 2024 (and possibly, the 2028 games) Summer Olympics will be awarded on September 13th in Lima, Peru during a meeting of the IOC.
