The Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee sent a 300-page addendum to its original 700-page bid to the U.S. Olympic Committee Thursday in time to make Monday’s deadline, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
The USOC is scheduled to select the American candidate city Nov. 2 that will take part in the international competition for the 2012 Summer Games.
Anne Cribbs, executive director of BASOC, called the addendum “a lot of work, a lot more work that we thought it was going to be. We were so interested in having an opportunity to do a top-notch Paralympic plan. Transportation is pretty big. It was really fun putting it together”.
Among the refinements added to the bid is an adjustment of its venue plan are BASOC’s plan for the Paralympics, and strategy for winning the international phase of the competition stressing San Francisco’s reputation as a favourite destination of world travelers.
Cribb’s called the weather San Francisco’s secret weapon.
A USOC site selection team plans to visit the Bay Area on July 14-15.
