Paris 2024 is the successful bid to bring the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and the XVII Paralympic Games, to the French capital city. Paris formally announced its intention to bid on 23 June 2015 – the date on which Olympic Day is globally celebrated. Following withdrawals in the 2024 Summer Olympics bidding process that led to just two candidate cities (Los Angeles and Paris), the IOC announced that the 2028 Summer Olympics would be awarded at the same time as the 2024 Games. After Los Angeles agreed on 31 July 2017 to host the 2028 Games, Paris was the only candidate city left in the bidding process for the 2024 Games. It was officially announced at the IOC Session in Lima, Peru.
Paris previously hosted the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics. Paris will be the second city (after London) to host the Olympic Games three times. Of note, 2024 marked the 100th anniversary of 1924 Summer Olympics, as well as the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix. On July 31, 2017, it was announced that rival bidder Los Angeles would host in 2028, effectively giving Paris the 2024 games.
Proposed dates The Olympic Games were originally proposed to be held from 2 to 18 August 2024; while the Paralympic Games were proposed to be held from 4 to 15 September 2024. Due to a strategic issue, in February 2018, both the IOC and the organisers agreed to bring the Games forward by a week for logistical reasons.
Planned Venues The venues are situated mainly in Paris. They also include Saint-Denis, Le Bourget, the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes, a centrepiece of the 1924 games, Vaires-sur-Marne, Versailles and a venue for sailing in Marseille.Paris 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Candidature File Stage 1, French Olympic Committee, pages 9–11 Environmental concerns are taken into account, as there will be nine temporary venues and only three new ones in a total of forty – 95% of venues are existing or temporary.
Grand Paris Zone Stade de France — Opening and closing ceremonies and athletics, 75,000 Seine-Saint-Denis — Aquatics Centre (diving, swimming, synchronised swimming), 17,000 Water Polo Arena (Piscine de Marville) — Water polo, 6,250 Le Bourget – Pavilion I – Badminton (temporary), 7,850 Le Bourget – Pavilion II – Volleyball (temporary), 18,570 (13,010 in main court and 5,560 in secondary court) Le Bourget Shooting range – Shooting (temporary), 4,120 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes – Hockey, 18,520 U Arena, Nanterre — Gymnastics (artistic, trampoline and rhythmic), 17,500 Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret – Basketball (women's preliminaries), 5,000
Paris Centre Zone Champ de Mars — Beach volleyball (temporary), 12,860 Eiffel Tower and river Seine — Open water swimming, triathlon, surfing (temporary) 3,390 (10,000) Champs-Élysées — Cycling (road), skateboarding (street), athletics (marathons and race walks) (temporary) 4,470 (25,000), Grand Palais — Fencing, taekwondo, 8,000 Les Invalides — Archery (temporary), 8,000 Jardins des Tuileries – Skateboarding (park) (temporary), 10,000 Paris expo Porte de Versailles – Sport climbing (temporary), 6,650 Halle Georges Carpentier – Table tennis, 5,009 Stade Charléty – Baseball/softball (if accepted), 20,000 Stade Jean-Bouin – Rugby, 20,000 Stade Roland Garros — Tennis, 24,750 Court Philippe Chatrier – Handball (play-offs), 15,000 Court Suzanne Lenglen – Boxing, 10,000 Court des Serres – Karate, 5,000 other courts – Tennis, 2 000 + 8x250 Parc des Princes – Football (preliminaries, semifinal, finals), 61,691 Stade Pierre de Coubertin – Handball (preliminaries), 5,000 Le Zénith – Weightlifting, 5,238 Bercy Arena – Judo, basketball (men's last preliminary round, play-offs), 16,208 Bercy Arena II – Basketball (preliminaries, not all), wrestling, 8,000
Versailles Zone Le Golf National — Golf, 32,720 Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines — Cycling (track, BMX), modern pentathlon (fencing), two stands seating 5,000 and BMX 7,040 Château de Versailles — Equestrian, modern pentathlon, 22,500 (dressage, jumping, modern pentathlon in temporary stadium), 40,000 (temporary circuit in the garden) Élancourt Hill — Mountain bike, 22,740
Stand-alone venues
Vaires-sur-Marne — Rowing, canoeing (kayak and slalom), 24,000 (flatwater), 12,000 (slalom) Marseille — Sailing, 15,640
Non-competitive venues Le Bourget – Main press centre, international broadcast centre, media village L'Île-Saint-Denis (will be built) – Olympic Village Marseille Chanot Exhibition Park – Satellite Olympic Village for football (also teams playing elsewhere than Lille, Nantes or Paris) and sailing athletes
Football venues (9 bidding cities) Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, 67,000 Parc des Princes, Paris, 61,000 (finals) Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, 59,000 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, 50,000 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, 42,000 Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne, 42,000 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes (renovated), 38,000 Allianz Riviera, Nice, 35,000 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, 32,000
Logo
The bid logo was unveiled on 9 February 2016 at the Arc de Triomphe, The logo symbolises the dynamic ribbons colors of the Olympic rings shaping the iconic Eiffel Tower with the "2" and "4" represents the number "24" and the year "2024". The bid logo was designed by French agency Dragon Rouge.
Slogan The slogan was launched on 3 February 2017, at the Eiffel Tower: Made for Sharing (French: "Venez Partager").
Promotion The bid was heavily promoted during the 2017 Tour de France. Members of the bid team assisted in presenting the yellow jersey to the race leader after each day's stage, and during the final day in Paris the riders rode through the Grand Palais (site of the fencing and taekwondo events) en route to the final laps on the Champs-Élysées. Additionally, during stage 12 from Pau to Peyragudes, a special marker was placed at kilometer 2024 overall in the race to promote the bid.
See also Paris bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics
References
External links Paris 2024
Candidature file Stage 1: Vision, Games Concept and Strategy Stage 2: Governance, Legal and Venue Funding Stage 3: Games Delivery, Experience and Venue Legacy