(11 Jul 2017) Los Angeles has presented its Olympic hosting plans to the members of the International Olympic Committee, who should vote later on Tuesday, to ensure the Summer Games return to the United States.
Going before bid rival Paris, supported by French President Emmanuel Macron, LA's team led by Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday presented 45 minutes of videos and speeches in a closed-door session about how they would host the 2024 Olympics.
"LA is ready because we have the infrastructure, the love and the vision to make sure it serves this movement and it serves the people of our city," Garcetti said at a news conference afterwards.
Still, it could be a 2028 Olympics in LA that will be the first American-hosted games since 1996 in Atlanta.
Garcetti said he wanted to make it clear, however, that he was bidding for 2024, and that LA's status as an immigrant city was something they wanted to "showcase."
"It's the reason why every athlete when they come to LA will feel like it's their second home the moment they arrive," he told reporters.
The IOC members will vote later on Tuesday on President Thomas Bach's proposal to also award the 2028 hosting rights when they next meet on September 13 in Lima, Peru.
The dual award can give the IOC a decade of stability with two world-class cities after years of busted budgets for hosts and political defeats to sink potential candidates.
It also guards against a 2024 loser refusing to bid again for 2028.
Making two winners avoids inflicting a third recent defeat on Paris - which lost with bids for the 2008 and 2012 Olympics - and the United States. New York and Chicago both lost heavily for 2012 and 2016, respectively.

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