Talk:2024 Summer Olympics

Rome cancelled bid

Hello, I have gotten reports that after the earthquake in Italy Rome will possibly cancel Rome's bid, therefore making Los Angeles, Budapest and Paris the only bidder left

Regardless, this is no doubt between Paris and LA. Budapest doesn't have much of a chance. Strausszek (talk) 11:40, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Malaysia and Thailand

Recent reports are coming in that Thailand and Malaysia are going to pursue a joint Olympic bid. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/498302/thailand-eyes-joint-bid-for-games http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/809710-thailand-malaysia-discuss-olympic-aspirations/ http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/03/18/thailand-malaysia-discuss-olympic-aspirations

Most likely the bid will involve Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.

Vote 4 DJH2036 (talk) 00:11, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

I can't see that this bid will take place because the games are "technically" awarded to a city and not a country. The only time I am aware that an Olympics has been held in two separate countries, was in 1956 when the Equestrian Events were held in Stockholm due to emergency quarantine laws in Australia.46.7.85.68 (talk) 22:40, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Bidding calendar

The IOC has just announced in Kuala Lumpur a few major changes to the bidding procedure. IOC Drops Applicant Phase and Short List From 2024 Olympic Bid as Part of Sweeping Changes To Process. Therefore the calendar in this article is outdated and the distinction between Applicant Cities and Candidate Cities does not seem relevant any more with the cancellation of the shortlisting process. My understanding is that all cities will be candidate cities from September 15 but maybe we can wait for official confirmation from the IOC by Sept 15. Hektor (talk) 08:06, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Hungary/Budapest Failed Bids?

I've looked at the years when Hungary are supposed to have bid, but none of them included 1908, 1948 or 2012. Thus I don't understand why London is supposed to have been awarded the games when Hungary had a failed bid?46.7.85.68 (talk) 22:30, 14 December 2015 (UTC)46.7.85.68 (talk) 22:31, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

I see that some attempt has been made to correct the matter I raised above, but London was not a host city in any of the years that the cited Budapest bids were made, so this part is still wrong. Budapest never lost out on a bid made by London. I am not being pedantic. I don't want to correct the item myself because I do not understand the mechanics such as the hyperlinks. If I correct the item, I might cause unintentional damage to the Article46.7.85.68 (talk) 16:34, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

As the article correctly states, Budapest bid for the 1944 Summer Olympics and lost out to London. The fact that those Olympics did not take place does not change this fact. Kahastok talk 16:50, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

My apologies. Your point is accepted. I was not aware that London had been awarded those games. For some reason, I thought they had been awarded to Tokyo, which I now see was in 1940.46.7.85.68 (talk) 17:43, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Hungarian Supreme Court & Budapest Bid

According to the Guardian, apparantly the Hungarian supreme court blocked a public referendum on the Budapest Olympic bid. Worthy of note in this article I think. 2.25.10.167 (talk) 23:58, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

About Toronto, etc.

About Toronto, etc. It ought to be worth mentioning that back before 2010, the Canadian Olympic Committee was planning to bid for Toronto for the Summer Olympics, perhaps for 2012 or 2016. Then when Vancouver won the Winter Olympics for 2010 (requiring the spending of a lot of Canadian money), the Canadian committee decided to put the bid for Toronto on hold indefinitely. Maybe the time is getting ripe.
Also, I believe that there ought to be more opportunities for the Olympics to be held in the Southern Hemisphere (Rio de Janeiro was a big leap.), but today I have learned that this idea has been dropped because the Commonwealth Games will be held in Durban, South Africa in 2022. I think that Cape Town would be a lovely place for the Olympics. Also, I think that it would be outstanding to have the Winter Olympics in the Southern Hemisphere (where the seasons are reversed), but I have not seen anything about a bid from Argentina or Chile in the Andes, or New Zealand with the Southern Alps, or Australia with the Australian Alps. For none of these places would there be any question of having enough snow, but all of the winter athletes would have to realign their training schedules. Also, with global warming, the prospect of having the Winter Olympics in the Pyrenees seems to have vanished.47.215.211.16 (talk) 02:09, 14 September 2016 (UTC)