2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Having previously hosted in 1900 and 1924, Paris will become the second city to host the Summer Olympics three times after London (1908, 1948 and 2012). The Games will mark the centenary of the Paris Games of 1924, and the sixth Olympic games hosted by France (three in summer and three in winter), and the first  Olympic Games in France since the 1992 Winter Olympic games in Albertville. This will be the first of two consecutive Olympic games to be held in Europe, will be followed by the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. The bidding process for these Games began in 2015. Five cities submitted their candidature, but Hamburg, Rome, and Budapest withdrew, leaving only Paris and Los Angeles in contention. A proposal to elect the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities concurrently was approved by an Extraordinary IOC Session on 11 July 2017 in Lausanne. On 31 July 2017, the IOC negotiated a deal that  would see Paris host the Games in 2024 and Los Angeles four years later. The formal announcement of this decision took place at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on 13 September 2017. Bidding process. Paris, Hamburg, Budapest, Rome, and Los Angeles were the five candidate cities. The process was slowed by withdrawals, political uncertainty, and deterring costs. Hamburg withdrew its bid on 29 November 2015 after holding a referendum. Rome withdrew on 21 September 2016 citing fiscal difficulties. On 22 February 2017, Budapest withdrew after a petition against the bid collected more signatures than necessary for a referendum . Following these withdrawals, the IOC Executive Board met in Lausanne, Switzerland to discuss the 2024 and 2028 bid processes on 9 June 2017. The International Olympic Committee formally proposed electing the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities at the same time in 2017, a proposal which an Extraordinary IOC Session approved on 11 July 2017 in Lausanne. The IOC set up a process whereby the LA 2024 and Paris 2024 bid committees met with the IOC to discuss who would host the Games in 2024 and 2028, and whether it was possible to select the host cities for both at  the same time. Following the decision to award the two Games simultaneously, Paris was understood as the preferred host for 2024. On 31 July 2017, the IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for 2028, enabling Paris to be confirmed as host for 2024. Both decisions were ratified at the 131st IOC Session on 13 September 2017. Host city election. Paris was elected as the host city on 13 September 2017 at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru. The two French IOC members, Guy Drut and Tony Estanguet were ineligible to vote under the rules of the Olympic  Charter. The Games. Ceremonies. In July 2021, Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet stated that the organising committee was conducting a feasibility study on hosting the opening and closing ceremonies outside of a traditional stadium setting, so that they could "marry the best of Paris–the iconic sites–to the possibility of engaging with hundreds of thousands of people, maybe more." This concept of an "open Games" was exemplified in the Paris 2024 handover presentation during the 2020 closing ceremony, which featured a live segment from a viewing party at Place du Trocadéro. Estanguet expected the sites for the ceremonies to  be announced by the end of the year. On 13 December 2021, it was announced that the opening ceremony will feature athletes parade being transported by boat from Pont d'Austerlitz to Pont d'Iéna along the Seine river. The route will pass landmarks such as the Louvre, Notre-Dame de Paris, and Place de la Concorde, and feature cultural presentations. The official protocol will take place at a 30.000 seat "mini-stadium" at the Trocadéro. Organisers stated that the ceremony would be the most "spectacular and accessible opening ceremony in Olympic history", with Estanguet stating that it would be free to  attend, and estimating that it could attract as many as 600,000 spectators. The Trocadéro will also host the closing ceremonies as well. Sports. Under current IOC policies, the programme of the Summer Olympics consists of 28 mandatory "core" sports that persist between Games, and optional sports that may be added the IOC and organising committee in order to improve local interest, provided that the total number of participants does not exceed 10,500 athletes. During the 131st IOC Session in September 2017, the IOC approved the 28 sports of the 2016 programme for Paris 2024, while also inviting the Paris Organising  Committee to submit up to five additional sports for consideration. In August 2017, the Paris Organising Committee announced that it would hold talks with the IOC and professional esports organisations about the possibility of introducing competitive video gaming in 2024. In July 2018, the IOC confirmed it would not consider esports for the 2024 Olympics. On 21 February 2019, the Paris Organising Committee announced they would propose the inclusion of skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing—events which debuted at the 2020 Summer Olympics as optional sports, as well as the new event of break dancing. All four sports were approved  during the 134th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 June 2019. The 2024 Summer Olympic program is scheduled to feature 32 sports encompassing 329 events. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses. Venues. Most of the Olympic events will be held in the city of Paris and its metropolitan region, including the neighboring cities of Saint-Denis, Le Bourget, Nanterre, Versailles, and Vaires-sur-Marne. Lille will host the handball events, while the sailing events will be held in the Mediterranean city of Marseille and the surfing events are expected to be held in Teahupo'o  village in the overseas territory of French Polynesia respectively. Football will be hosted in six other cities, which are Marseille, Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux, Nantes and Nice, in addition to Paris, with some of them were home to Ligue 1 clubs. Marketing. Emblem. The emblem for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was unveiled on 21 October 2019 at the Grand Rex. Inspired by Art Deco, it is a representation of Marianne, the national personification of France, with a flame formed in negative space by her hair. The emblem also resembles a gold medal. Tony Estanguet explained that the emblem  symbolised "the power and the magic of the Games", and the Games being "for people". The use of a female figure also serves as an homage to the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, which were the first to allow women to participate. The emblem was designed by the French designer Sylvain Boyer with the French design agencies Ecobranding & Royalties. The emblem for Paris 2024 was considered the biggest new logo release of 2019 by many design magazines. An Opinion Way survey shows that 83 percent of French people say they like the new Paris 2024 Games emblem. Approval ratings were  high, with 82 percent of those surveyed finding it aesthetically appealing and 78 percent finding it to be creative. It was met with some mockery on social media, one user commenting that the logo "would be better suited to a dating site or a hair salon". For the first time, the 2024 Summer Paralympics will share the same logo as their corresponding Olympics, with no difference, reflecting a shared "ambition" between both events. Broadcasting rights. In France, domestic rights to the 2024 Summer Olympics are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (formally Discovery Inc.) via Eurosport, with free-to-air coverage  sub-licensed to the country's public broadcaster France Télévisions.