LOS ANGELES — Eight months after finishing as the runner-up to Boston, Los Angeles has officially been chosen as the United States candidate for the 2024 Olympics, city officials announced Tuesday.
After a week of delays over concerns about the potential costs to taxpayers, the City Council voted unanimously, 15-0, to allow Mayor Eric Garcetti to sign an agreement with the United States Olympic Committee over bidding for the Games. Soon after, the mayor and the U.S.O.C. announced that an agreement to make Los Angeles the official bidder was in place.
Los Angeles is throwing itself into a contest — along with Paris; Rome; Budapest; and Hamburg, Germany — that some cities have grown increasingly hesitant to enter in recent years, as the financial pitfalls of hosting the Games have become more apparent.