L.A. LEADERS PUSH CITY AS HOST FOR 2016 OLYMPICS OFFICIALS WANT CITY TO SHINE BRIGHTER THAN CHICAGO OR SAN FRANCISCO.Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer With the potential nominees down to three, a team representing the U.S. Olympic Committee spent 21/2 hours Friday scrutinizing Los Angeles' bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Meeting with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. and key members of the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Committee for the 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. , 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. delegation critiqued the city's facilities and finances to try to boost its bid to host the Summer Games This article is about the Epyx video game series. For the international multi-sport event, see Summer Olympic Games. Summer Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Summer Olympic Games. a third time. ``We had a very cordial meeting and a good constructive working session,'' said Barry Sanders Barry Sanders (born July 16, 1968) is a Hall of Fame and Heisman Trophy winning American football running back who spent his entire professional career with the Detroit Lions of the NFL. , head of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. ``We feel committed to going forward and we're excited. We anticipate proceeding right up to the point that they tell us no.'' 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. was the final stop for a three-person team from the USOC that included experts on venues and finance as well as Bob Ctvrtlik Robert ("Bob") Jan Ctvrtlik (born July 8, 1963 in Long Beach, California) is an American volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist, businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee. Ctvrtlik is a 1985 graduate of Pepperdine University. , the committee's vice president for international relations. The USOC met earlier this week with representatives from Chicago and San Francisco for similar critiques. Ctvrtlik told the Associated Press on Thursday that the meetings are designed to give detailed feedback and help craft the best possible bid. He said he and the two consultants would be concrete and critical when they sat down with all three cities. Sanders declined to discuss the delegation's comments, but said the USOC considers L.A.'s bid the most complete because the region already has most of the modern sports facilities required. ``They have said publicly that our bid was highly professional, and they still believe that,'' Sanders added. During the meeting, the delegation made a detailed review of the bid package city officials submitted in June and left a 75-page questionnaire that must be filled out by September. After the questionnaire, the USOC will ask for a bid book from the cities it wants to continue in the process. The books will detail a variety of issues and are similar to the ones provided 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 during the final selection for host cities. The USOC is expected to make a decision by the end of the year if it will support a bid for the 2016 Olympics, and it will announce its city of choice by March. The International Olympic Committee will choose the host city for the 2016 games in 2009. The 2008 Olympics are planned for Beijing, and the 2012 Games set for London. L.A. hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and civic leaders hope those successful games will convince the USOC that the region deserves a third Olympics. ``We would want nothing more than to set the stage for individuals from all over the world to showcase their talents and abilities,'' Villaraigosa said in a statement. ``And after today's meeting, we still remain very hopeful that is a possibility. This meeting was another step in the process in our quest to (be the) host city of the 2016 Games.'' kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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