Paris officially awarded 2024 Olympics, Los Angeles gets 2028 Games

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Source: The Age

September 14 2017 - 4:19AM

Lima: The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday awarded the 2024 summer Olympic Games to Paris and the 2028 edition to Los Angeles following a vote in the Peruvian capital.

Paris, which has hosted two previous Olympics, will stage the event 100 years after its last Games in 1924 while Los Angeles will also organise its third Games after 1932 and 1984.

There were no other candidates for either the 2024 or 2028 Games and the votes were a formality. IOC President Thomas Bach said the votes for both cities were "unanimous".

The IOC decided in July to award both Games at the same time, following the withdrawal of four of the six cities bidding for the 2024 Olympics, amid concerns about the size, cost and complexity of organising the world's biggest multi-sports event.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/olympics/paris-officially-awarded-2024-olympics-los-angeles-gets-2028-games-20170913-gygztw.html

[NCjack]

1. News from the Future: "The summer of 2028 in Los Angeles is proving to be so hot that ..."

[roamer65]

2. Probably a good idea to have them in LA in late September or early October.

Sydney in 2000 started them on 15 Sept, near the beginning of southern hemisphere spring. Precedent is there for it.