Budapest withdraws bid to host 2024 Olympic Games

Record ID: 343300

  • Title: Budapest withdraws bid to host 2024 Olympic Games
  • Date: 1st March 2017
  • Summary: PRO-OLYMPICS POSTER/SIGN CALLING FOR REFERENDUM
  • Embargoed: 15th March 2017 11:13
  • Keywords: Budapest Olympics 2024 Hungary
  • Location: BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
  • City: BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
  • Country: Hungary
  • Topics: Olympics,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA004664OV9B
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  • Story Text: Budapest's City Council withdrew its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday (March 1), citing a lack of unity after a new political movement collected more than a quarter of a million signatures to force a referendum on the issue.
    Bidding alongside Los Angeles and Paris, Budapest had been considered a long-shot candidate, pinning its hopes on the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Agenda 2020 initiative.
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