CITY UNVEILS OLYMPIC BID L.A. SEEKING 2012 SUMMER GAMES.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer Carrying the torch for Los Angeles' bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, civic leaders and officials unveiled their 600-page plan Tuesday. If selected, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. would be the first city to host the modern Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. three times. ``The city of Los Angeles
``Los Angeles is truly the capital city of the world. We have the most beautiful people in the world, called Angelenos, and we will put on a spectacular 2012 Olympics.'' The bid is based on private financing, and revenues are projected at $2 billion, with $1.9 billion in expenses. Los Angeles Bid Committee members said they adopted a resolution Tuesday to approve the bid proposal and send it to the U.S. Olympic Committee for consideration. The USOC (Universal Service Order Code) An equipment coding system created by AT&T. The number was applied to telephone equipment and to wire termination patterns. See 568A. will choose by fall 2002 from among Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , San Francisco, Tampa and Washington, D.C. The USOC will forward the recommendation to the International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 , which would decide in 2005 where the Olympics will be held in 2012. ``I would characterize what we have as an extremely strong bid,'' said John Argue, chairman of the Los Angeles 2012 Bid Committee. Committee members said Los Angeles has a good chance because it has experience and little construction would be needed. Most of the Olympics venues are ready to go in Los Angeles, including Staples Center for gymnastics and the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim for basketball. A few sites would need renovation costing about $100 million, including the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum For board track racing circuit, see . Present use The Coliseum is now primarily the home of the USC Trojan football team. During the recent stretch of its success in football, most of USC's regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre for track and field, Long Beach Marine Stadium for a permanent rowing and canoeing channel and construction of a shooting facility at Fairplex in Pomona. In the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys, Griffith Park would be used for bicycle events, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for soccer and Santa Anita Park Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, USA. It is known for offering some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the autumn and in winter. Racing at Santa Anita began in 1934. for equestrian events. David Simon, president of the committee, said Los Angeles has bid on the Olympics 11 times before, making a bid every chance the city got after 1934 until 1984. ``This bid is big number 12,'' Simon said. ``After a hiatus since 1987 when the 11th bid was submitted, this is the longest span of time Los Angeles has gone without bidding for the Olympics since 1920.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) A box, above, containing the city's bid for the 2012 Olympics awaits submission to the U.S. Olympic Committee. Below, Los Angeles Bid Committee members, from left, Richard Perelman, John Argue, David Simon and Mayor Richard Riordan announce the bid. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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