On Sept. 15, 2015, the nonprofit LA24 officially launched a bid for Los Angeles to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The bid came after a favorable vote by the LA City Council in support of the city’s attempt to bring the Summer Games back to the United States for the first time in 28 years. The city’s Olympic bid was endorsed by the United States Olympic Committee board of directors and LA Mayor Eric Garcetti.

“It is an honor for any city to host the Olympic Games, and Los Angeles is uniquely prepared for this task,” said Garcetti. “With the unanimous support of our City Council, we are ready to serve and strengthen the Olympic Movement and build a new Olympic legacy.”

The LA 2024 Bid Committee is led by Chairman Casey Wasserman, CEO Gene Sykes, and Mayor Eric Garcetti. The environmentally sustainable bid puts the athletes’ experience at the heart of the Games. LA 2024’s plan is based on the core principles of the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Agenda 2020 with 85 percent of proposed venues in place or planned and five primary venue clusters all within 30 minutes of the proposed Athletes’ Village.

Los Angeles was confirmed as the US’s bid after replacing Boston. In a poll carried out by the USOC last year, 81 percent of local citizens in Los Angeles supported a bid for the Summer Games.

A final decision on which city will host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is due to be made at the IOC Session in Lima in 2017, with Budapest, Hamburg, Paris and Rome, all cities that boast having hosted successful international sports events.

For more information visit LA24.org