December 18, 2014
Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition Supports U.S. Bid for 2024 Olympic Summer Games
You may have seen or read about the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) decision to officially submit a bid to host the 2024 Olympic Summer Games. We at the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition (RTWGC) fully support the USOC’s upcoming bid campaign and look forward to their choice of Applicant City from the four finalists (Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, DC).
Anytime the U.S. has an opportunity to host the Olympics is good for our nation’s athletes and the Olympic Movement, as a whole.
At the same time, our organization remains fully committed to preparing the next successful U.S. bid for a future Olympic Winter Games. This week’s revelation by the USOC to pursue a 2024 bid is just that and follows in the chronological bid cycle patterns set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Next July, the IOC will choose between China and Kazakhstan for the right to host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, a bid cycle for which the USOC chose not to submit a bid. The bid cycle for the 2026 Winter Games would be about two years from starting in earnest.
In the meantime, the RTWGC is working to bring elite sports competitions and events to our region and state. During 2014, we hosted the World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling in Las Vegas, smashing the event’s attendance record. We also became the first-ever North American host of the World Curling Congress, bringing over 130 delegates from all over the globe to Reno-Tahoe. Collectively, these two events brought million’s in economic impact to Nevada.
The RTWGC is not resting on those laurels. We’re looking forward to making some big announcements early in 2015 continuing this journey to showcase Reno-Tahoe and Nevada as world-class destinations for elite sports competitions and events.
