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A turn toward extravagance. Forty years ago, the Olympics were also at a crossroads. After the 1968 Mexico City Games and 1972 Munich games were marked by deadly violence and the 1976 Montreal ...
India had previously expressed interest in hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics [19] but later chose to bid for bringing the 2036 Summer Olympics to an Indian city. [20] In 2021, the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) hired PwC as its consultant, which identified 22 sites in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar with a potential to host the Olympics.
* Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the SVG file, tap or hover over a city to show its name (only on the desktop). The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually ...
Buenos Aires bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. It was stated that the successful bid could lead to a bid for the 2028 or 2032 Summer Olympic Games. The city also hosted the 125th IOC Session in 2013. Rio de Janeiro staged the first Summer Olympic Games in South America in 2016. Buenos Aires could potentially be the second city on the ...
When the Olympics come to town, the host city becomes the world's rock star metropolis. The Olympics bring tourists from far and wide, the spotlight of the global media, and the pride and prestige...
The 2028 Olympics cemented L.A.'s status as a global sports epicenter. Now all Casey Wasserman has to do is ensure the $7-billion Games' profitability.
The Summer Olympics are the world's largest multi-sport event, and are organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) every four years. Selection of the host city is done at an IOC Session four to seven years prior to the tournament, in which the IOC members vote between candidate cities which have submitted bids.
#8. 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games. Cost (in 2021 dollars): $13 billion. When Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games in 2009, it was an opportunity to show the world Brazil's growth ...