page_title: Rotterdam bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Rotterdam bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A panorama of the Erasmus Bridge and the River Meuse in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. Visible from left to right in the background are the New Luxor Theatre, the regional headquarters of KPN, Montevideo (highrise) and the World Port Center (highrise). Nederlands: Een panorama van de Erasmusbrug en de rivier de Maas in de Nederlandse stad Rotterdam. Zichtbaar van links naar rechts op de achtergrond zijn het Nieuwe Luxor Theater, het regionale hoofdkantoor van KPN, Montevideo (hoogbouw) en het World Port Center (hoogbouw). Deutsch: Panoramaansicht auf die Erasmusbrücke über die Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam.
context_page_description: Rotterdam 2018 was a bid by the city of Rotterdam and the Dutch Olympic Committee to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
context_section_description: On February 29, 2012 it was announced that Rotterdam would bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
  Rotterdam failed to become a Candidate City for the games when the IOC selected the Candidate cities on February 13, 2013. 
  Buenos Aires was ultimately elected as the host city of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games on July 4, 2013.
caption: View of the Erasmus Bridge
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