potential bids dead or alive as of july some potential bids on this article seem to be dead at this time serious candidates should be already engaged in preparing a bid have a website commitments at each political level making a budget hiring organizers but now some potential bids in the list look more like inconsequential announcements and do not show any sign of life since romania nothing heard since poland nothing heard since finland no announcement only a suggestion made during the winter games croatia the vision of a architectural studio in i suggest to delete them unless someone could confirm that they are preparing a bid during