A group of San Francisco Bay Area
business, sports and civic leaders will bid to host the 2024
Olympics and is putting together a proposal for the United
States Olympic Committee, officials said on Thursday.
Should the USOC decide to bid for the Games and the
Paralympics, the cities challenging San Francisco are Boston,
Los Angeles and Washington.
San Francisco Giants President and Chief Executive Larry
Baer is leading the bid committee, along with venture capitalist
Steve Strandberg and 1960 Olympian Anne Warner Cribbs.
"We believe a San Francisco Bay Area Olympic and Paralympic
Games would be an enormous success, and would benefit the
region, the nation and the Games themselves, well beyond 2024,"
Baer said in a statement.
"Our region is renowned for connecting the world in new
ways every day and we are ready to put that spirit and ingenuity
to work for the Games."
The group is proposing to build a $350 million temporary
stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as for
track and field events. After the Games, the stadium parts would
be recycled and the area turned into a park, officials said.
"We have the opportunity to put our unique stamp on the
Games and inspire a new generation of American youth to pursue
sports and fitness," said Cribbs, a swimmer in the 1960
Olympics.
The proposal calls for the beach volleyball court to be set
up in front of San Francisco City Hall, while table tennis would
be located in Chinatown.
The USOC said it will wait to make a decision on a U.S. bid
until after the International Olympic Committee meets in
December. The IOC will select the host of the 2024 Olympic and
Paralympic Games in 2017.
(Reuters)
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