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The Rome bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics was an attempt to bring the
2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...
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
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confirmed that Rome would be bidding for the 2024 Olympics. On 10 February 2015, the
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(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 Federazione Cricket Italiana, 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
Virginia Raggi Virginia Elena Raggi (; born 18 July 1978) is an Italian lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of Rome from 2016 to 2021 as part of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S). Raggi was both the first candidate from her party and first ...
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
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 h ...
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
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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. Inspired by t ...
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 Na ...
- 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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cluster

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


City Centre cluster

* Circo Massimo - 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 ancient ...
- 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 Villa Ada is a park in Rome, Italy, with a surface of it is the second largest in the city after Villa Doria Pamphili. It is located in the northeastern part of the city. History The wooded expanse was owned by the Italian royal House of Savoy i ...
- Mountain Bike Cycling (27,000) *Pratoni del Vivaro - Equestrian (eventing cross-country) (25,000) *Piazza di Siena - Equestrian (15,000) * Stadio Flaminio - Rugby Sevens, Modern Pentathlon (24,000) *
Palazzetto dello Sport The Palazzetto dello Sport (literally "Small Sport Palace"), also less commonly known as the PalaTizianoCagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
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 Na ...
- 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 h ...
: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza - 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 Italy a ...
: Stadio San Nicola - 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 adminis ...
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Stadio San Paolo Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (formerly known as Stadio San Paolo) is a stadium in the western Fuorigrotta suburb of Naples, Italy. It is the third largest football stadium in Italy, after Milan's San Siro and Rome's Stadio Olimpico, as well as ...
- Existing (54,000) (renovation for 2019 Universiade) *
Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
: Stadio Artemio Franchi - Existing (46,366) (new stadium possible) *
Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
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Juventus Stadium Juventus Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz Stadium since July 2017, sometimes simply known in Italy as the Stadium ( it, Lo Stadium), is an all-seater football stadium in the Vallette borough of Turin, Italy, and the home o ...
- Existing (41,254) *
Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi - 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 List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...
: Stadio Luigi Ferraris - 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 nat ...
: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara - Existing (36,462) (may need renovations) *
Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
: Stadio Renzo Barbera - Existing (36,349) (new stadium possible) *
Udine Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...
: Stadio Friuli - 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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