LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Olympic Committee and Los Angeles have teamed up to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics after Boston dropped out over cost concerns.
Los Angeles is now the official U.S. candidate for the games, city officials said in an announcement Tuesday. After a week of delays over potential costs to tax payers, the city council voted unanimously in support of Mayor Eric Garcetti signing an agreement with the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), placing the city in contention for the games alongside the likes of Paris, Rome, Budapest and Hamburg.