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Received generally positive report from Evaluation
Commission
Bid slogan: "Let The Games Begin"
Bid committee chief: Dan
Doctoroff (New York deputy mayor)
Previously hosted Olympics: None.
Previous bids: None
Estimated bid cost: $5.1 billion
Bid features: Called the Olympic X Plan, nearly
all venues are located along two routes that form the letter
"X" across the city, with the Olympic and Paralympic
Village at the centre.
Proposed venues, all within a 32km radius,
include the Yankee and Giants Stadiums and Flushing Meadows.
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Feb 2005: A sign promoting the Olympic bid of New York
City stands outside the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the National
Tennis Center, in Flushing Meadows, NY. - AFP PHOTO |
Strengths: Leading international profile and
multi-cultural sports-loving population.
65 per cent of planned venues already exist.
Glowing marks for finances, security and transportation.
Praised for long-term legacy of bid.
Weaknesses: Bid had been in trouble after funding
rejected for earlier proposed stadium. But the city has announced
new stadium deal with NY Mets to keep bid alive. The stadium
will be built in Queens.
Security concerns following 9/11 still linger.
Supporters: Billy Crystal, Conan O'Brien, Jerry
Seinfeld, Lance Armstrong, Bob Beamon, Steven Spielberg, Whoopi
Goldberg, Donald Trump
Who's coming to Singapore: Muhammad Ali, Jackie
Joyner-Kersee, Australia's swim star Ian Thorpe, Romania's
Olympic gymnast star Nadia Comaneci, Janet Evans and Bob Beamon
Website: www.nyc2012.com
Source: TODAY
/ Channel NewsAsia
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