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The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
The current highest cost of hosting the Olympic Games was the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games, costing approximately US$11.1 billion. In order to meet the requirements set out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), [4] the Rio de Janeiro council had to invest heavily in building the necessary facilities/venues, and an entirely new subway line.
The Summer Olympics are the world's largest multi-sport event, and are organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) every four years. Selection of the host city is done at an IOC Session four to seven years prior to the tournament, in which the IOC members vote between candidate cities which have submitted bids.
#8. 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games. Cost (in 2021 dollars): $13 billion. When Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games in 2009, it was an opportunity to show the world Brazil's growth ...
A turn toward extravagance. Forty years ago, the Olympics were also at a crossroads. After the 1968 Mexico City Games and 1972 Munich games were marked by deadly violence and the 1976 Montreal ...
Since the creation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, which successfully appropriated the name of the Ancient Greek Olympics to create a modern sporting event, interested cities have rivaled for selection as host of the Summer or Winter Olympic Games. 51 different cities have been chosen to host the modern Olympics: three in ...
IOC president Thomas Bach repeatedly labeled it “the best-ever prepared city for the Olympic Games.” Then COVID hit. Officially, Japan says it spent $15.4 billion to host these Olympics, but ...
In December 2013, the ex-president of the Peruvian Sports Institute (IPD), Arturo Woodman, declared that Lima should bid to host the Olympic Games in 2024. The city was host the 2019 Pan American Games. Akio Tamashiro, Affiliate Manager at IPD, stated that this would be the next target of the country, using the new infrastructure, experience ...