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USOC optimistic Los Angeles will bid for 2024 Olympics
http://www.wcvb.com/news/usoc-optimistic-los-angeles-will-bid-for-2024-olympics/34682306
Los Angeles mayor says he has no issue with signing host city contract Walsh wouldn't sign
USOC optimistic Los Angeles will bid for 2024 Olympics
7:03 PM EDT Aug 12, 2015
LOS ANGELES —If the United States is going to bid for the 2024 Olympics, that bid will come from Los Angeles.
After a hastily called board meeting Wednesday, U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun said he was optimistic the USOC could work out a plan to make Los Angeles the bidder. He said he hoped the decision would be official by the end of the month.
The news comes two weeks after the USOC dropped a Boston bid that was short on support. Los Angeles isn't showing any of those problems. Mayor Eric Garcetti has said he'd have no problem signing the host city contract that the mayor in Boston said he had no intention to sign.
In a statement Wednesday, Garcetti said the city has had "very positive discussions" with the USOC over the past week.