85 pct LA residents support hosting 2024 Summer Olympic Games
Xinhua, February 24, 2016 Adjust font size:
A survey showed that about 85 percent of Los Angeles County residents support hosting the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in LA, local media reported Tuesday.
A telephone survey was conducted from Jan. 4 to Feb. 13 by the Loyola Marymount University's Thomas and Dorothy Center for the Study of Los Angeles. The center included the Olympics-related questions as part of a 20-minute L.A. Region Public Opinion Survey conducted with 2,425 randomly chosen adults who live in the county.
When asked about their reasons for supporting hosting the Olympics, respondents said it would boost the economy or create local jobs. However, opponents expressed concern about costs and increased traffic congestion, the university officials revealed.
Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984. It will compete with Paris, Rome and Budapest to host the Games, which would be it's third time if it won the bid. The International Olympic Committee will choose the 2024 host city in September 2017.
The U.S. Olympic Committee also conducted a similar survey last August that found 81 percent of respondents supported the idea of the Olympics being held in Los Angeles, according to local media. Enditem