IOC Questions Istanbul, Tokyo
The IOC wraps up its teleconferences with the 2020 Olympic bids on Thursday, meeting with teams from Istanbul and Tokyo.
On Wednesday, video conferences were held with Baku, Doha and Madrid.
The sessions last 45 minutes and are meant to allow IOC experts to question the applicant cities on the files they submitted for review in February.
The files, along with the telelconferences, will help form a report that the IOC Executive Board will use to determine which of the five bids will be invited to enter the final phase of the race. The EB selects those finalists May 23 while the full IOC will elect the winning city Sept. 7, 2013.
Helios Partners Joins Baku
International consultant Terrence Burns and his Atlanta-based firm Helios will be working with the Baku bid for the 2020 Olympics.
"In many ways Baku represents one of the most intriguing opportunities for the Olympic Movement in years," Burns says.
"It is a unique blend of taking the Games to a nation, region and culture for the first time, but also illustrates that if properly planned for, the Games are a tremendous investment – not a cost – for future potential Host Cities," said the consultant.
Until mid-February Burns and Helios were working on the Rome bid for 2020; then Romedropped out of the race.
Most recently, Helios worked on the bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and the PyeongChang campaign for the 2018 Winter Games.
California, Nevada Join Forces for 2022 Bid
The lieutenant governors of California and Nevada say they will form a joint exploratory committee for a possible bid for the 2022 Winter Games.
The two states border the Reno-Lake Tahoe area thatwould be at the center of the bid.
Salt Lake City and Denver are also exploring the feasibility of a bid.
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has some bid experience as mayor of San Francisco 10 years ago when the city was seeking the U.S. nomination to bid for the 2012 Olympics.
Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki is head of the Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition.
Andy Wirth, CEO and president of Squaw Valley resort, is the interim chair for the committee. The California resort hosted the 1960 Winter Games.
Despite the interest of three cities in bidding for the Winter Olympics, the U.S. Olympic Committee says it must work out a new revenue sharing agreement with the IOC before it will back any new bids for the Games.
Written by Ed Hula.
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