OPINION: A 2024 Olympic Bid: This time, Brooklyn’s ready
Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted that he is considering another bid for the summer Olympics in 2024, and that former Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff, who engineered the city’s unsuccessful attempt for 2012, is putting together a plan.
The governor, according to news reports, said he has spoken to Mayor Bill de Blasio about it, but the mayor was somewhat lukewarm about the idea. “We have not had serious internal discussions about it,” de Blasio said at a press conference. “I think we can safely say that the history of the Olympics, in a variety of cities around the world, has been a mixed bag.”
Even if de Blasio, a Brooklynite, gets on board, however, he’ll have plenty of competition. The top contenders are said to be Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas, Washington, Philadelphia and Boston.