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Those Olympics were eventually awarded to Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Raggi cited similar financial concerns at a press conference Wednesday morning explaining her decision. She explained that it would be irresponsible to commit so much money towards hosting the Games given Rome\u2019s existing infrastructure issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the data we have, these Olympics are not sustainable. They will bring only debt,\u201d Raggi said, according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Budapest, Los Angeles and Paris are currently the other cities seeking the bid, while both Boston and Hamburg, Germany, have already withdrawn from the selection process.<\/p>\n<p>Four cities\u2014 Stockholm; Oslo; Lviv, Ukraine; and Krakow, Poland\u2014all dropped out of the bidding for the 2022 Winter Games, leaving just two cities on the final ballot. Those Games went to Beijing, which will host just 14 years after the 2008 Summer Games.<\/p>\n<p>All of the cities that have dropped Olympic bids have cited the same financial concerns that Raggi mentioned in her press conference. Many were scared off by the billions Russia spent to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.<\/p>\n<p>The final host city for 2024 will be determined in September 2017 in Lima, Peru.<\/p>\n<p>Raggi had been scheduled to meet with Italian Olympic Committee President <strong>Giovanni Malago<\/strong> to discuss the situation prior to her press conference, but Malago left city hall before the two ever spoke. He is expected to give a press conference later Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rome\u2019s bid had been expected to use many of the same venues originally built for the 1960 Olympics, including the Stadio Olympico and the Foro Italico for swimming\u2014a venue also used for FINA World Championships in 1994 and 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATED 2:30 p.m. ET:<\/strong> The Rome 2024 Bid Committee put out an official statement in response to Raggi&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the committee expressed disappointment with the decision and explained why it felt the Olympics would be a boon for the city and country. Read the full statement below.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">We take note of the decision made by the victors of the recent elections in Rome, however; we are profoundly surprised and disappointed:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed for Rome and its citizens, especially for its youth;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed for the nearly <strong>200,000 people that would have found a job<\/strong> through the hosting of the Olympics;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed for the <strong>citizens of Rome who hoped their quality of life would improve with<\/strong> the modernization and new viability of the city, which would have been made more green and accessible without spending a dime of the city\u2019s budget;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed for the <strong>7 billion dollars that would have boosted Rome\u2019s economy<\/strong>, helped its suburbs and resurrected many <strong>sports facilities that are currently abandoned and unused<\/strong>. We are especially disappointed for the missed opportunity to receive resources that would have been allocated solely to the development of Rome and its economy;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed that <strong>a new political force is unwilling to accept the challenge of modernization<\/strong> and take on the <strong>responsibility of change<\/strong>, legality and transparency, and that it did not want to take advantage of the opportunity to <strong>launch a significant project of urban redevelopment<\/strong>, as was the result of the 1960 Games in Rome;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed that the <strong>rhetoric around wastefulness<\/strong> has won out over the <strong>new, important IOC regulations<\/strong>, created specifically to address waste and projects that are not beneficial for citizens and to <strong>involve other cities in the hosting of the Games<\/strong>;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed for <strong>Cagliari<\/strong> and <strong>Sardinia<\/strong>, but also for <strong>Milan, Turin, Verona, Udine, Genoa, Bologna, Florence, Naples, Bari and Palermo <\/strong>\u2013 cities that have all believed in the Italian Olympic dream with great enthusiasm and that now are paying for the decision of a single city\u2019s administration that does not take into consideration the interests of its city nor its country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed that this same political force has <strong>transformed an extraordinary opportunity for youth and the city into an ideologically-, politically- and demagogically-based decision<\/strong>, and that rather than taking action, they have opted to do nothing;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed for the thousands of citizens that have chosen change, but are now regretting it;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed for the <strong>younger generation<\/strong> of the Promoting Committee that, within CONI, <strong>have worked hard with enthusiasm and determination<\/strong> on this Olympic project, which <strong>today has been swallowed up by fear;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed for the <strong>great work that has been carried out to boost our image abroad<\/strong> over the past 17 months, bolstered by a dossier that everyone considered at the utmost standards, and that has now been scrapped, resulting in a <strong>severe blow to Italy\u2019s credibility worldwide;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed that this work has not even been developed and that <strong>prejudice and superficiality have won;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed that Rome is missing out on the <strong>extraordinary opportunity to become the global capital of sport<\/strong> through the <strong>Olympic Games<\/strong>, as well as the <strong>capital of the Church with the upcoming 2025 Jubilee;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed even more so for the <strong>projects and infrastructure that will have to be developed anyway, <\/strong>now weighing entirely on the city\u2019s budget, <strong>for the Jubilee<\/strong>;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Disappointed that a city like <strong>Rome is surrendering<\/strong> and that it is not being considered capable of competing not even 8 years from now, when the 2024 Olympics would have taken place, presenting the international community with a poor reputation of the city;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">But what saddens us most is having to tell our children that the <strong>new government of Rome doesn\u2019t have the courage to take on the responsibility of their future<\/strong>. It would have been so much better to have been able to tell them that a new, enlightened government is willing to make difficult decisions and have the courage to clear a path, without getting trapped by contingency and by the deafening sound of the present, looking beyond the horizon and pointing the way for a new generation. That is how a dream is born, at least for those who know how to take on challenges.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rome mayor Virginia Raggi announced that she had put a motion before the city\u2019s assembly to end its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games. 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