Roland Betts, who was the White House representative to New York’s bid for the 2012 Summer Games, told the Yale Daily News, “we are still giving serious thought to bidding for the Games in 2016 for New York, so it’s important to keep touching the IOC (International Olympic Committee) bases”. Betts was asked to join a presidential delegation to the Turin Winter Games, which begin February 10.
The New York Post reports that Betts told the newspaper contact with Olympic officials in Turin would be valuable for a 2016 New York bid.
The Post says news that New York could try again for an Olympic Games differs greatly from comments made by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff in the aftermath of the IOC’s vote last summer.
Doctoroff said following the IOC’s decision to give London the 2016 Games a 2016 bid was “very difficult to foresee any more”.
Bloomberg said the timing for 2012 was right, with land needed to host the Games unlikely to be available four years later.
