2020 Summer Olympics
The 2020 Summer Olympics (officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad) is expected to be a major international sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee has yet to begin the selection process; a host city is expected to be announced in mid-2013.
Potential bids
Africa
IOC members have suggested that the organization should award the Games to an African nation.
- South Africa
- Cape Town will likely bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and intends on building on from the foundation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The bid is also supported by the Cape Chamber of Commerce.. Cape Town has hosted a number of World Championships in various sports including Hockey, Fencing, Modern Pentathlon, Cycling and many others. Cape Town previously bid for the 2004 Olympic Games placing 3rd behind Rome and eventual hosts Athens. It remains the only time an African city has ever made the IOC shortlist.
- Durban’s plans to host the 2020 Summer Olympics have been boosted by the IOC deciding on that city as the venue for the IOC General Assembly’s congress in 2011. Acting chief executive of Durban Tourism Perry Moodley intimated that hosting the event was a tactical move in light of the city's plans to host a Summer Olympics Moodley stated further: "Getting Olympic decision-makers from around the world in Durban is most important".
Asia
- Busan, South Korea
With the success of the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, the city's mayor announced on November 14, 2005 to the Korean news agency Yonhap that they were planning to bid for the 2020 Olympic games. The official bid was made during the 17th APEC forum held on November 18 and 19 in Busan. However, its bid in 2020 may be jeopardized if Pyeongchang wins its third bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics, after losing bids for 2010 and 2014. South Korean capital Seoul hosted the games in 1988.
- Delhi, India
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) stated that "Delhi would bid for the 2020 Olympics. The IOA had decided to bid for the 2016 games but after a failed attempt to host the 2014 Asian Games, it will now bid for the 2020 games, officials confirmed.
The IOC rejected Doha's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, although fellow applicant city Rio de Janeiro was accepted, despite the Brazilian city's lower score on the IOC's evaluation of bids. While Doha bid organisers accused the IOC of 'closing the door on the Arab World,' the IOC cited technical reasons for its rejection of the bid, such as Doha's insistence of holding the games in October. On August 7, 2008, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Heir Apparent of Qatar, revealed that the state will bid for the 2020 games. Sheikh Tamim, who is also the Chairman of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), said that Qatar was determined to learn from the lessons of its failed 2016 bid, and “bid for hosting the Olympic Games in 2020 as per set measures and standards.” The city hosted the 2006 Asian Games, and has already been selected to host the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in 2010, the 2011 Pan Arab Games and the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Qatar is also to host the WTA Tour Championships from 2008 to 2010 - on top of the ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open and WTA Qatar Total Open, staged every year.
Malaysia expects to be considered a advanced country by the year 2020, as expressed in Wawasan 2020. There is slight expectation from the public for the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to host the Summer Olympics to mark Wawasan 2020. With the success of the 1998 Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur had decided to bid for the 2008 Games but it did not succeed in becoming a candidate on the shortlist, nor did it make the shortlist in its bid for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
Europe
The Azeri capital bid for the 2016 edition of the games, but failed to make the shortlist and gain candidature status. Following the city's elimination, a government sports official vowed to bid again, stating his belief that Baku will be the next host city. Baku came last on the evaluation of the 2016 bids, with a score of 4.3. The main reasons for Baku's poor rating were the city's poor infrastructure and concerns over the budget of the proposed games.
Istanbul will apply for hosting the 2020 Olympic Games. Istanbul previously applied for hosting the games in 4 consecutive times but did not apply for 2016 Olympic Games.
Prague bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the candidature phase, coming second to last in the evaluation of applicant cities. Bid organizers had acknowledged that it was a preparatory bid, in order to gain experience, and indeed expressed the city's intention to bid for the 2020 games. It is estimated cost for preparations for an Olympic bid, including a proposal to connect the metro system to sports centres and to enlarge an airport, would be USD$9.1 billion. Also, most of the sport grounds would have to be built from scratch.
- Italy
Italy recently hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
- A committee in Romagna, the southeastern part of the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, is promoting a Romagna 2020 bid.
- *Rome
- After losing its 2004 bid to Athens, Rome will attempt to present another bid for the 2020 Olympics. Gianni Alemanno, mayor of Rome, will be supporting a Rome 2020 bid. Following the win of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, an Italian bid has been confirmed from prospects of the Olympic Games returning to Europe again. Rome was host of the 1960 Summer Olympics.
- St. Petersburg, Russia
Governor Valentina Matviyenko has announced an intention to bid, having discussed the plan with the head of the ROC; governmental support has not been confirmed. 2024 is also a possibility. St. Petersburg bid for the 2004 Summer Olympics but did not make the short list.
North America
If Chicago fails to win the 2016 Summer Olympics bid, by 2020 it will have been 24 years since a Summer Olympics were held in North America, strengthening a bid from that continent. The last time the Summer Games were in the Americas was the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. However, the Winter Olympics will have been held there twice in the meanwhile, in Salt Lake City in 2002 and Vancouver in 2010.
- United States
Several cities are either considering a bid or expected to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. The United States Olympic Committee sponsors only one official bid to the International Olympic Committee.
- In June 2008, Birmingham mayor Larry Langford proposed that the city prepare a bid to host the 2020 summer Olympic games.
- Boston is conducting feasibility studies for the greater New England region.
- Legislation has been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature to create a task force to explore a 2020 Olympic bid for Minneapolis. The city's past Olympic bid history included unsuccessful bids in 1932, 1948, 1952 (when the city finished second to Helsinki to host the Summer Games), and 1956. The city also finished second to Atlanta as the U.S. bid city for the 1996 Summer Olympics. The TCF Bank Stadium, which is expandable from 50,000 to 80,000 seats, could serve as an Olympic Stadium.
Monterrey mulled a bid for the 2016 Games, but the Mexican Olympic Committee (MOC) did not support the bid. Felipe "El Tibio" Muñoz, President of the MOC, announced that some cities in Mexico like Monterrey will contend to gain support to bid for the 2020 games. On August 18th Nuevo Leon's governor gave his support for a possible bid, resuming the discussion of whether or not to bid.
On July 10, 2007 it was revealed that the Canadian Olympic Committee had begun work on a potential bid for the 2020 or 2024 games for Toronto; it is also considering a bid for the 2015 Pan American Games, which would require the building of infrastructure that could prove useful for this bid. This would be Toronto's third bid for the Summer Olympics, after unsuccessful bids for the 1996 and 2008 games. The Canadian city of Vancouver will be hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics. The only Canadian city to host the Summer Games is Montreal, in 1976.
South America
President of the Peruvian Institute for Sports, Arturo Woodman, said that Peru would try to bid for the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
Trademark controversy
Anticipating bids for the Summer Olympics by Paris, France, in 2005 a Parisian, Mr Gilbert L., registered the trademarks of "Paris 2016", "Paris 2020", "Paris 2024" and "Paris 2028" and associated internet domain names. On March 14, 2007 the High Court of First Instance of Paris (Tribunal d'instance of Paris) ruled that the registration of the domain names was fraudulent and annulled the trademarks.References
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