Putting Together an Olympic Bid Part 1: Overview
Let's bring this back in 2024! With Los Angeles officially announcing its candidacy to host its third Olympics last week , many questions come to mind. While the city and the Olympics themselves will likely look very different in 11 years, LA is certainly one of the best equipped cities in the world to host the games. In this post, I'll take a quick look at why Los Angeles would make a great host and examine some things that will need to be done in order to put on such a large event . The 1984 Olympics were one of the most successful games in history, proving that the Olympics could be staged without losing huge sums of money for the host city. In fact, the 1984 games made a profit and have had a positive legacy for Los Angeles to this day. Los Angeles last bid for the 2016 games , which eventually went to Brazil. Although this was a serious bid, there seemed to be a general lack of imagination that the Olympic committees look for in choosing a...