International Olympic Commission gives pointers on bidding
A meeting consisting of the International Olympic Commission (IOC) and the prospective hosts of the Olympic Games recently took place in Switzerland. The main focus of the meeting was to discuss and create awareness among the cities of the world wanting
to play host to the upcoming Olympic Games.
More specifically, the prospective host cities were given practical and important pointers about how to make the winning bid. In all, representatives of more than 20 countries were present at the meeting to gain from what was being discussed. The U.S. was
being represented by four delegates, as there are that number of American cities that are interested to make the winning bid for the future Olympic Games.
The president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, expressed himself in the following manner at the meeting that took place at the Olympic Museum: "The process of acquiring this knowledge must start long before a city eventually decides
to bid for the right to host the games."
The cities that were participating in the meeting by sending their representatives were Baku from Azerbaijan; the capital of Turkey, Istanbul; Doha from Qatar; the Spanish city of Madrid; Rome as well as the Japanese capital, Tokyo.
The Olympic Games executive director, Gilbert Felli, shared his views in the following manner: "We are trying to give them the basics. We had the feeling that ... Maybe they don't have the necessary information and start on the wrong foot. We hope that all
of them are candidates to bid. If you don't convince the people in your city and your country then it is difficult to go further."
The meeting was not just a one sided affair, where the IOC was sharing ideas, the delegates also expressed their views at the session. Particularly, the prospective hosts that had lost out in previous Olympic bids shared their views on the possibilty of
making a worthwhile bid. Chicago, which was a candidate for the 2016 Olympics but lost out, made a contribution by stating that lobbying costs were not at a level where it is feasible for every city to make a winning bid.
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