Robert Livingstone, Author at GamesBids.com

About Robert Livingstone

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A senior producer and award-winning journalist covering Olympic bid business as founder of GamesBids.com as well as providing freelance support for print and Web publications around the world. Robert Livingstone is a member of the Olympic Journalists Association and the International Society of Olympic Historians.

Rome’s Ambiguously Suspended 2024 Olympic Bid: What Does It Mean?

Gone, it seems, are the days when an Olympic Games bid would simply withdraw from the field once it hit an irreparable snag in its campaign. But now that …

Rome 2024 Olympic Bid Officially Suspended By Italian Olympic Committee

Rome’s bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games was formally suspended Tuesday, the announcement coming from Italian Olympic Committee …

New Renderings Highlight Iconic Budapest 2024 Olympic Bid Venues

Budapest’s bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Friday submitted its stage 2 bid book to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, ahead …

Los Angeles 2024 Olympic Games Would Be Secured By U.S. Secret Service

If Los Angeles wins its bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024, the lead security agency will be the U.S. Secret Service, LA 2024 announced …

Paris 2024 Outlines Games Budget Highlighted By 1 Billion Euro Federal Contribution

Should Paris host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024, the government of France will contribute 1 billion euros (USD $1.1 billion) towards an overall …

All Four Olympic Bid Cities Meet Stage 2 Bid Book Deadline – Including Rome

All four cities vying to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024 have met the deadline for the submission of stage 2 bid documentation. The documents, …

Rome 2024 Delivers Bid Documents But Mayor Tells IOC That Olympic Bid Is Over

Rome 2024 Director General Diana Bianchedi traveled to International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne Friday to deliver required stage 2 bid …

Budapest 2024 Bid Chair Points To Strong Multi-Level Support Amid Possible Referendum

Just as one possible referendum over the Budapest 2024 Olympic Games bid was rejected, a second was approved Thursday leaving fifteen days for the Hungarian …