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Originally Posted by mistercorporate
LA was never a frontrunner for this bid. Anyone who is familiar with the whole bid process, bid patterns from previous games and speaks to those who have a track record in the Games community would be aware that Paris is a clear frontrunner. Toronto had many advantages over LA, most of all the fact that it hadn't hosted before. LA has hosted twice and quite recently too. Fully funded corporate games are an anomally and unlikely to ever get approval again. 84 was due to the cold war and 96 was arguably the worst games in history from the IOC perspective and similar games bids will never win approval, Atlanta totally misled and arm twisted with the support of Coca-Cola, one of the reasons Chicago and New York (much better candidate cities than LA) were rubbished in the first round in the most humiliating way. Realistically we would have probably come in 2nd, just behind Paris (LA would have been eliminated in the first round). The only way we would have won is if Paris screwed up, which is still possible. 2028 seems like our next most likely window of opportunity.
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Huh?
1988 made a profit and has been the only Summer Olympic games to do so. 1996 broke even with zero debt.
The IOC cares about who can deliver a marketable games, that now can be cost-effective. The days of max spending are gone.
Chicago has a long history of corruption and could never present a serious bid, NYC is hampered by scale and size. Its botched attempt for 2016 will be its first and last attempts of the games. LA only came online once Boston stumbled but LA puts forward a USOC bid package almost every time. They would be a candidate for permanently hosting the games which has been a idea floated.
You forget that that USOC means tests each USA bid and in theory they put forward a bid almost every time. The IOC is obsessed with rotations and 2024 was most likely going to be in Europe but France has a lot of other stuff on its plate which gave a small window for Toronto to exploit.
Toronto's best hope is that LA goes all in for 2024 with Paris winning which then leaves the door open for them in 2028 as LA would not bid (in full) again so soon. Cities such as Dallas, SF, DC would be on the radar for the USOC.