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The Rome bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics was an attempt to bring the
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to the city of
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. On 21 September 2016, Rome withdrew its bid for the Games.


Bid history

The city hosted the
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and expressed an interest in bidding for 2024. A Rome bid for the
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was canceled in 2012, when the Italian government withdrew its support from the bid on the eve of the delivery of the application files, stating that it would not be a responsible use of money in "Italy's current condition". However, on 15 December 2014, the prime minister Matteo Renzi confirmed that Rome would be bidding for the 2024 Olympics. On 10 February 2015, the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) confirmed that former
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President
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would lead Rome's bid as President of the Organising Committee. The 67-year-old Montezemolo led the local organizing committee for the
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in Italy. In June 2016, Simone Gambino, president of the
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, said that
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would be included at the 2024 Olympics, if Rome became the host city. The bid was cancelled on 21 September 2016, when Mayor of Rome
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told reporters it would go no further. Raggi, whose party the
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have long been opposed to Rome hosting the games, cited ongoing financial troubles in the country as the main reason for cancelling the bid. She said hosting the games would be "irresponsible" and would only cause the city to fall into further debt. On October 5, 2016 Rome 2024 officials said they will hold a news conference on Tuesday October 11, 2016 to address the future of the bid. On October 11, 2016 the Italian capital bowed out amid persistent opposition from the local government, with bid officials expressing only a slight hope that their campaign might be revived. On 17,October 2016 Olympic leaders have continued to voice their displeasure with the political climate that forced Rome to suspend its bid for the 2024 Summer Games.


Aftermath

In 2017,
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and
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had won their hosting bids for the 2024 and
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, respectively. Two years later, the city of
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and the resort town of
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won the bid to host the
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.


Dates

Rome 2024 bid proposed as the dates of celebration of the Olympics from August 2 to 18, 2024 and for the Paralympics from September 4 to 15, 2024.


Venues

The 2024 Rome Olympic bid takes advantage of a large amount of existing and temporary venues in and around the city area. Candidature File Stage 1 Italian National Olympic Committee pages 10–14.


Foro Italico Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy, on the slopes of Monte Mario. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini (literally Mussolini's Forum) under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti. Inspire ...
cluster

* Centrale del tennis - Water Polo (9,000) *
Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto The Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto (Olympic Swimming Stadium) is an aquatics centre at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. Inaugurated in 1959, it was designed by the architects Enrico Del Debbio and Aniballe Vitellozzi to host the swimming, diving, wa ...
- Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Modern Pentathlon (swimming) (15,000) * Stadio Pietrangeli - Diving (6,000) *
Stadio Olimpico The Stadio Olimpico (English: ''Olympic Stadium'') is the largest sports facility in Rome, Italy, seating over 70,000 spectators. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex, north of the city. The structure is owned by the Italian N ...
- Athletics, Football, Ceremonies (70,634)


Fiera di Roma cluster

*Rome Expo - Fencing, Karate (9,500); Judo, Wrestling (9,300); Boxing (10,000); Table Tennis (7,000); Weightlifting, Sport Climbing (7,000); Badminton, Taekwondo (7,000)


Tor Vergata cluster

*Tor Vergata Sport Complex-Hall A - Basketball (18,000) *Tor Vergata Sport Complex-Hall B - Handball (15,000) *Cycling Arena - BMX Cycling, Track Cycling (6,000) *Relocatable Arena - Gymnastics (artistic, trampoline), Volleyball (15,000) *Tennis Centre - Tennis (15,000) *Possible venues - Baseball, Softball, (5-8,000) *
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EUR cluster

*EUR Lake - Triathlon (27,500) *Tre Fontane - Hockey (10,000) * Palazzo dello Sport - Volleyball, Gymnastics (rhythmic) (10,000)


City Centre cluster

*
Circo Massimo The Circus Maximus (Latin for "largest circus"; Italian: ''Circo Massimo'') is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy. In the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and la ...
- Beach Volley (15,000) *
Roman Forum The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum ( it, Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum ( plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancie ...
- Archery (7,000); Road Cycling, Marathon (6,000) * Caracalla baths - Archery (preliminary stages) (3,000)


Other venues

*Natural Water Sports Park - Open Water Swimming, Canoe, Rowing (25,000) * Villa Ada - Mountain Bike Cycling (27,000) *Pratoni del Vivaro - Equestrian (eventing cross-country) (25,000) *Piazza di Siena - Equestrian (15,000) *
Stadio Flaminio The Stadio Flaminio is a stadium in Rome. It lies along the Via Flaminia, three kilometres northwest of the city centre, 300 metres away from the Parco di Villa Glori. The interior spaces include a covered swimming pool, rooms for fencing, amate ...
- Rugby Sevens, Modern Pentathlon (24,000) *
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was selected as hosting city for sailing and could host possible surfing events.


Football

The sports venues for the football tournaments Final (with possible preliminaries and/or two semifinals): *
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Stadio Olimpico The Stadio Olimpico (English: ''Olympic Stadium'') is the largest sports facility in Rome, Italy, seating over 70,000 spectators. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex, north of the city. The structure is owned by the Italian N ...
- Existing (70,634) *
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: AS Roma Stadium - TBD, alternative venue for the Final (52,594 - expandable to 60,000) Preliminary (with play-off matches): *
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ...
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, commonly known as San Siro, is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy, which is the home of A.C. Milan and Inter Milan. It has a seating capacity of 80,018, making it one of the largest stadiums in ...
- Existing (80,000) *
Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Ital ...
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Stadio San Nicola The Stadio San Nicola ( en, Saint Nicholas Stadium) is a multi-use all-seater stadium designed by Renzo Piano in Bari, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of S.S.C. Bari. The stadium's design resembles ...
- Existing (58,270) (may need renovations) *
Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...
: Stadio San Paolo - Existing (54,000) (renovation for 2019 Universiade) *
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: Stadio Artemio Franchi - Existing (46,366) (new stadium possible) *
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: Juventus Stadium - Existing (41,254) *
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Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi The Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi is a stadium in Verona, Italy. It is the home of Hellas Verona of Serie A and was also the home of Chievo Verona until 2021. It also hosts the Women's Champions League matches of Bardolino Verona, some you ...
- Existing (39,211) (may need renovations) Preliminary (only): *
Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...
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Stadio Luigi Ferraris The Stadio comunale Luigi Ferraris, also known as the Marassi from the name of the neighbourhood where it is located, is a multi-use stadium in Genoa, Italy. The home of Genoa C.F.C. and U.C. Sampdoria football clubs, it opened in 1911 and is ...
- Existing (36,599) *
Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different na ...
: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara - Existing (36,462) (may need renovations) *
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- Existing (36,349) (new stadium possible) *
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- Existing (25,144 - expandable for 35,000)


Logo

The logo was unveiled on Monday December 14, 2015 in a 90 minute special ceremony at the
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