Olympics shift from individual cities to joint bids and regional bids earlier

[SealTheRealDeal]

The bidding to host the 2030 and 2032 Olympics is quite different from previous Olympic bidding processes. For the first time multiple cities and entire regions are allowed to place joint bids. This is being done so as to spread out the enormous cost of hoisting the games and hopefully reduce the amount of new construction (as two or more cities presumably have more existing infrastructure than one).

For the 2032 Olympics there have been official expressions of interest by Madrid and Valencia, Germany's Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, and the Australian State of Queensland. Additionally, an official joint offer by Guadalajara, Tijuana, and Monterrey has already been made and rejected by the IOC.

In addition to these, three cities have made bids for the 2032 Olympics, making the total number of active bids 6. Given that the 2024 Olympics had 2 bids (Paris and LA) and the 2028 Olympics had 1 bid (LA), it seems that the change in what can bid has considerably revived interest in hosting the summer games.

So what if the IOC made this change earlier? Let's say the IOC decides on new regulations for the new millennium, and speculate on potential alternate bids for the 2008 Olympics and on.

 

[SealTheRealDeal]

Now IIRC, Toronto City Council mulled over the idea of bidding for 2024, having recently hosted the PanAm games and having built some new sports facilities for that, but ultimately declined on the basis of costs.

Now sharing costs with the entire Golden Horseshoe may have been enough to get that bid off the ground.

 

[ejpsan]

The 1984 was in reality was a regional Olympics as the venues stretched from Ventura County in the North to San Diego County in the South and out to San Bernardino County to the east.
Afterwards the IOC wanted the venues to be a close together as possible and with the expansion of events and National Olympic Committees that brought more athletes and officials to the games was a major factor in the exploding costs of the game along side with the IOC wanting new venues instead of existing ones like Los Angeles used.
as for the Winter Games they are pretty much regional in nature as if a good size city like Salt Lake City, Vancouver, Turin host them then the outdoor skiing events are usually some ways off.