By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
New York City is no longer in the running for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Mayor Bill de Blasio believes it is not worth it to have the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in the biggest market in the United States.
Cities have until 2015 to submit their bids. The International Olympic Committee is expected to announce its decision in 2017 at the 129th IOC Session.
Many United States cities have submitted bids. The last Summer Olympics in the States was in 1996 in Atlanta.
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By 2024, it would be 28 years since that time. New York City submitted a bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics; however, was defeated by London, England.
Recently, Chicago made a bid for the 2016 games; however, they lost to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No United States city submitted a bid for the 2020 games.
Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle all submitted a bid for the 2024 games.
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At press time, New York City has never hosted the Olympics. Despite being the largest media market in the United States, the Olympic Committee has not picked the Big Apple for the Summer Games.
Under the previous leadership, New York City placed a bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. However, they were eliminated in the second round of voting.
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