Why no one wants to host Olympic Games anymore

Bent Flyvbjerg(Research cited)

Danish Institute for IT Program Management
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Research Centre for Government IT

Press & media:

Press / Media

Press & Media Information

Media Coverage

Title

Why no one wants to host Olympic Games anymore

Media type

Web

Media name

The Telegraph

Date

2024-07-23

Link

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2024/07/23/no-country-wants-host-games-paris-2024-los-angeles-2028/

Producer

Tim Wigmore

Persons

Bent Flyvbjerg(Research cited)

Description

As he follows the Paris 2024 Olympics from afar, Eric Sheehan is trying to prevent the Olympic flame from coming to his home city in four years’ time. Sheehan is a leading member of NOlympics LA, a group striving to get Los Angeles to pull out of hosting the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. NOlympics LA embodies the increasing grass-roots opposition to hosting the Olympics...