A rogue bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games has been launched by a group from Las Vegas, who submitted their paperwork to the International Olympic Committee without the support of the US Olympic Committee.
On Friday, the Las Vegas group forwarded their Olympic bid through an application letter to the IOC, as reported by GamesBid.com, which obtained a copy of this letter.
“The Application Letter is submitted without an accompanying letter from the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), our national Olympic committee (NOC), which publicly declined on 22 August to consent to any US city’s bid for the Summer Games of the XXXII Olympiad,” the Vegas group stated.
On Monday, the USOC announced it had informed all interested cities that it would not be submitting a bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.
“The USOC should reconsider its position over the coming days, as this would prevent depriving the people of the United States of this opportunity at a time when the country is in dire need of the investment and jobs that the Olympic Games can deliver,” the letter conveyed.
Cities such as New York, Dallas, and Chicago, which were embarrassed in the 2016 Games bid after being eliminated in the first round, had shown interest in hosting the games, but any potential bid was dependent on the USOC resolving a revenue-sharing agreement with the IOC.
The last time the United States hosted the Olympic Games was in 2002 in Salt Lake City, a victory that was later marred by the gifts-for-votes scandal.
by Buford Balony
