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Los Angeles In The Hunt For 2024 Olympics

Los Angeles In The Hunt For 2024 Olympics

Los Angeles has been proposed as a host city for the 2024 Summer Games by the US Olympic Committee.

The California city moved into top contention as a potential American host site after officials in Boston took the Massachusetts capital off the table .

The USOC was quick to nominate Los Angeles after the city council there voted unanimously to pursue a bid.

The 15-0 vote followed assurances from city lawyers that a resolution would not expose taxpayers to unchecked spending or debt.

Los Angeles can now negotiate a financial agreement with Olympic officials.

Mayor Eric Garcetti is behind the campaign and has said the city would stage Games that are both spectacular and profitable.

The city's bid outlines over $6bn (£3.9bn) in public and private spending.

The International Olympic Committee will pick the 2024 host city in 2017.

Rome, Paris, Hamburg, and Budapest are all in the running.

The 2016 Games are being held in Rio de Janeiro. Tokyo will host the 2020 Olympics.

Los Angeles has staged the Olympics twice, first in 1932 and again in 1984.

A successful bid for 2024 would make LA the only city besides London to host the Olympics three times.