Committee Chief Giovanni Malago announced their decision to formally withdraw its bid for the 2024 Olympic Games in Rome. The Olympic Committee of Italy decided not to stage the Olympic Games due to opposition from the city council.
Rome is not the only one retracting from the bid, Boston and Hamburg also discarded the bid. This means only three countries remains for the Olympic bid, Paris, Los Angeles, and Budapest. The International Olympic Committee will announce its decision in September of 2017.
Malago was in tears when he announced the decision. He believed that Italy would miss out on great investments deriving from the Olympic Games. For the past years, some host countries for the Olympic Games acquired profits amounting to millions of dollars. He said Italy was “made to look like a fool” based on the decision.
Plagued by corruption and trash collection woes
Mayor Virginia Raggi, a populist Five Star Party member said there were more important issues than the Olympic Games. She pointed out the rubbish collection and corruption issues in Rome. Trash collection, considered as one of the primary problems in Rome, is allegedly handled by organized crime syndicates.
Organized crime syndicates allegedly handles trash collection, which Raggi considers as one of the primary problems in the city.
The Five Star Party strongly opposed the hosting of the Olympic Games even before winning control of Rome in June.
Nevertheless, Malago stated he would not pursue the Olympic bid without the city council’s support.
Back in 2012, Rome bid to host the 2020 Olympics but withdrew the process of the bid. Then Prime Minister Mario Monti believed Italy could not afford it at the time. Hosting the Olympics would cost millions, if not billions worth of taxpayer’s money.
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