2024 Bid; Candidate Cities announced

 

IOC Press Release:

 

Five world-class cities in strong competition for Olympic Games 2024

IOC to contribute USD 1.7 billion to the local organising committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is delighted to announce a very strong field of candidates for the Olympic Games 2024. Five cities – Budapest (HUN), Hamburg (GER), Los Angeles (USA), Paris (FRA), and Rome (ITA)* – will compete to host the Olympic Games 2024 after submitting their applications to the IOC by last night’s midnight deadline.

In line with Olympic Agenda 2020, the Host City Contract 2024 was published today. The IOC will contribute USD 1.7 billion in cash and services to the organising committee for the Olympic Games 2024.

“We are welcoming five outstanding and highly qualified Candidate Cities,” said IOC President Thomas Bach. “Olympic Agenda 2020 has shaped the Candidature Process more as an invitation and the cities have responded by engaging with the IOC through dialogue and cooperation. In the new invitation process the IOC learnt that all the candidates are embracing Olympic Agenda 2020 from their respective vision for the future of their city. Sustainability and legacy are the cornerstones of each candidature.”

In keeping with its commitment to good governance, transparency and ethics, following Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC today published all the documents related to the Candidature: Candidature Process Olympic Games 2024, Candidature Questionnaire Olympic Games 2024, Host City Contract Principles, and Host City Contract Operational Requirements. This is the first time that the full package of documentation has been made public at the very outset of the process.

With their candidatures, the five cities commit themselves to respect the Olympic Charter and the Host City Contract for all participants of the Games and all Games-related matters. In this context, the IOC made changes to the Host City Contract, including:

– Reference to sexual orientation in the non-discrimination clause as part of the Host City Contract Principles with overarching significance for the entire Olympic Games’ project. The IOC is clear that sport is a human right and should be available to all regardless of race, sex or sexual orientation as stated in the Olympic Charter

– The freedom of media to report on the Olympic Games is now integrated in the Host City Contract Principles

– An amendment on labour law compliance that states: “The City, the NOC and the OCOG shall take all necessary measures to ensure that development projects and other projects necessary for the organisation of the Games comply with local, regional and national legislation and international agreements and protocols, applicable in the Host Country with regard to planning, construction, protection of the environment, health and safety, labour and anti-corruption laws.”

In light of Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC has distilled down over 7,000 pages of Technical Manuals into fewer than 350 pages of contractually binding Host City Contract Operational Requirements. For the organisation of the Games, the IOC is providing the future organising committee an extensive transfer of knowledge including the Olympic Games Guides.

With their applications, the cities have to follow the strict Rules of Conduct for Candidate Cities, which regulate all forms of communication between the Candidate Cities, IOC Members and other Olympic Movement stakeholders, including visits. Rules are also in place to resolve any potential conflict of interest in a transparent way. In line with Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC earlier launched a Consultants Register for the Candidature Process Olympic Games 2024. All consultants for a candidature have to agree to the Rules of Conduct and the IOC Code of Ethics.

Olympic Agenda 2020 also offers the Candidate Cities the opportunity to reduce costs related to the Candidature Process. For instance, the number of presentations to be made by the cities has been reduced from nine to three. In addition, the IOC is now covering the travel costs and accommodation of a number of delegates to the presentations made to the IOC, as well as costs related to the visit of the IOC Evaluation Commission.

Interest in hosting the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad 2024 has been bolstered by the new Invitation Phase and other reform initiatives included in Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. These measures allow for greater creativity, more transparency, lower costs and simplified procedures.

Through this Invitation Phase, the IOC helps cities deliver Games that will best align with their unique long-term social, environmental and economic vision. The potential candidates were invited to discuss their initial plans with the IOC. Key to these discussions were the opportunities and legacies of a candidature and of organising Olympic Games. All Candidate Cities have been strongly encouraged to focus on legacy and sustainability by placing greater emphasis on the use of existing venues or temporary and demountable venues where no long-term need exists or can be justified.

The IOC will continue to work in close collaboration with each Candidate City to provide them with the best possible services and assistance in the lead-up to the election, by the full IOC Membership, of the Host City by the 130th IOC Session in Lima, Peru in 2017.

*Cities listed in alphabetical order. The IOC Executive Board will carry out an official drawing of lots in December 2015. The order of drawing of lots will then be used until the election of the Host City.

 

Source: IOC

More information

2024 Bid; Hamburg joins Boston and Rome as Applicant City

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Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Büro Gärtner und Christ

 

The Hamburg 2024 documents: (only in German)

  • Die Antworten der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg an den Deutschen Olympischen Sportbund [pdf] – Questionnaire
  • Anlagen [pdf] – Attachments (venues + maps)
  • Olympische Spiele in Hamburg – produktive Vision oder teure Fiktion? [pdf] – Study

More info:

  • www.hamburg.de/spiele-fuer-hamburg
  • www.hamburg.de/spiele-fuer-hamburg/bewerbung

 

Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Büro Gärtner und Christ
Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Büro Gärtner und Christ
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Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Büro Gärtner und Christ
Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Büro Gärtner und Christ
Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Büro Gärtner und Christ
Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Büro Gärtner und Christ
Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Büro Gärtner und Christ
Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Büro Gärtner und Christ
Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Büro Gärtner und Christ

2024 Bid; Boston 2024 documents

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Download the Boston 2024 documents at www.2024boston.org/docs

  • Overall Games Concept (12.5mb)
  • Key Venue Plan (22.4mb)
  • Transportation, Accommodation + Security (16.3mb)
  • Sports + Venues (70.5mb)
  • Political + Public Support (7.7mb)
  • Bid + Games Budget (6mb)
  • Boston 2024 USOC Presentation (531mb)

2024 Bid; Bid process gets underway

From www.olympic.org;

2024 bid process gets underway with new Invitation Phase as IOC begins to implement Olympic Agenda 2020 Reforms

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today launched the bid process for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in 2024 with an Invitation Phase. It is the first bid process following the adoption four weeks ago of Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. Interested National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and potential bid cities are invited to discuss their initial ideas with the IOC and receive various levels of assistance and feedback ahead of the 15 September deadline for officially committing to a bid. There has been strong interest in hosting the 2024 Olympic Games, with the NOCs of Germany, Italy and the United States already indicating their intention to bid.

The 40 reforms that make up Olympic Agenda 2020 were unanimously adopted by the 127th IOC Session in Monaco in December 2014. Through Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC has demonstrated its commitment to safeguarding the uniqueness of the Olympic Games and strengthening sport in society. Implementing the reforms in the bidding process has already begun, as it has in a number of other areas, including the setting up of an Olympic Channel.

Changes to the 2024 Olympic bid process centre on:

– Shaping the bid process as an invitation

– Strengthening the evaluation of bid cities to more clearly highlight key opportunities and risks

– Reducing the cost of bidding and organising the Games

The IOC will contribute approximately USD 1.5 billion* to the organisation of the 2024 Olympic Games.

Through these changes, the IOC is emphasising that bidding for the Games is not a tender for a franchise, and that there is no one-size-fits-all solution. The bid process is about making proposals and offering solutions that will deliver excellent Games, with no compromise on the field of play for the athletes while also meeting the needs of the city and region to ensure the Games leave a positive, long-term, sustainable legacy.

Potential bid cities are encouraged to place greater emphasis on the use of existing venues, and temporary and demountable venues where no long-term need exists or can be justified.

NOCs are invited to inform the IOC of their interest in bidding for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in 2024 at their earliest convenience. The IOC will then contact these NOCs to determine the best way the IOC can assist them during the Invitation Phase. To assist interested cities and their NOCs to develop a project that best meets each city’s unique long-term development needs, the IOC will make available the “core requirements” necessary to organise the Games.

The deadline for NOCs to officially launch a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games is 15 September 2015 – the start of the Applicant City Phase that will continue through to the start of the Candidate City Phase in April/May 2016. The election of the host city will take place in the summer of 2017.

In keeping with the IOC’s commitment to good governance, transparency and ethics, the Host City Contract, Evaluation Commission reports and other documentation will be made public on www.olympic.org.

 

Details of the second and third phases of the bid process are as follows:

Applicant City Phase

COMMITMENT TO BID AND DEVELOPMENT OF BID CONCEPT

– 15 September: deadline for NOC and City to submit letter to IOC confirming the Application

– IOC makes available to Applicant City and their NOC the full package of bid documentation: full list of Olympic Games “requirements”; Applicant and Candidate City procedures and Questionnaires; Olympic Charter; Host City Contract – including details of the IOC’s contribution to the organisation of the Games

– Focus on sustainability and legacy through the maximum use of existing, temporary and demountable facilities

– IOC hosts Applicant City seminar

– Applicant Cities submit Application File to the IOC

– IOC evaluates applications and makes a report to the IOC Executive Board

– IOC Executive Board selects Candidate Cities

Candidate City Phase

DEVELOPMENT OF DETAILED GAMES PLAN

– Cities participate in IOC Olympic Games Observer Programme, Rio 2016

– Cities participate in Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games debrief in Tokyo

– IOC organises workshops with Candidate Cities – tailored to needs

– Candidate Cities submit Candidature File to the IOC

– Candidate Cities make presentations to the following meetings only: ANOC General Assembly in 2017, International Olympic Summer Sports Federations, IOC Candidate City Briefing, IOC Session in Lima, Peru

– IOC Evaluation Commission visits each Candidate City and publishes report

– Election of the Host City by the 130th IOC Session in Lima, Peru, Summer 2017 (dates TBC)

– Host City and IOC sign the Host City Contract

 

* Details of the IOC contribution to the 2024 OCOG to be included in the Host City Contract made available to Applicant Cities in September 2015

 

Source: IOC / www.olympic.org

Letter to the NOCs: PDF

Outline of the three bid phases: PDF

 

2024 Bid; IOC Executive Board sets dates for 2024 Olympic Games bid process

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IOC Executive Board sets dates for 2024 Olympic Games bid process

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today approved the bid process timelines for the 2024 Olympic Games, three days ahead of discussions and voting on Olympic Agenda 2020 by the 127th IOC Session in Monaco.

The full IOC membership will vote on the 40 recommendations that make up Olympic Agenda 2020, a strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement, during the Session on 8 and 9 December. One of the recommendations is to include an Invitation Phase to the bid process that would offer potential bid cities greater flexibility and diversity. The IOC would invite cities interested in hosting the Games, through their NOCs, to engage in a dialogue to learn how they think the Olympic Games could best fit into their long-term social, economic, environmental, and sports planning.

But today the EB confirmed the key dates of the 2024 bid process. The Applicant City Phase for the 2024 Olympic Games will start on 15 September 2015 and continue through to April/May 2016. The Candidate City Phase will continue through to the election of the host city in the summer of 2017.

Applicant City Phase
7-9 October 2015: IOC to host information seminar for 2024 Applicant Cities in Lausanne
8 January 2016: Deadline for Applicant Cities to submit Application Files and guarantee letters
March 2016: IOC Working Group Meeting to assess Applicant Cities (including video conference with each city)
April/May 2016: IOC Executive Board to select Candidate Cities
May 2016: Cities receive Candidate City Questionnaire and related documents

Candidate City Phase
5-21 August 2016: Candidate Cities to attend Olympic Games Rio 2016 on Olympic Games Observers’ Programme
November/December 2016: Candidate Cities to attend Rio 2016 Debrief in Tokyo
January 2017: Deadline for Candidate Cities to submit Candidature File and guarantee letters
February/March 2017: Evaluation Commission visits
June 2017: IOC to publish Evaluation Commission Report
June 2017 (tbc): Candidate City Briefing to IOC members
Summer 2017: Candidate City presentations to the IOC Session; final report to Session from Evaluation Commission Chair; election of the host city of the 2024 Olympic Games

 

Source / Read full press release: IOC – Olympic.org