The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be selecting the Candidate Cities for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games Wednesday at the SportAccord conference in Quebec City, Canada. The IOC’s three-day meeting in Quebec is during the SportAccord conference attended by thousands of delegates in the industry.
The five cities in contention – Istanbul, Madrid, Tokyo, Doha and Baku – are previous bidders.
IOC executive board member Denis Oswald told The Associated Press, “it’s not really a question of numbers, it’s more a question of where do we have the least risks”.
The Associated Press reports Wednesday’s decision will be influenced by a technical evaluation report on the five cities compiled by a group of Olympic experts.
IOC Vice President Thomas Bach told The Associated Press, “we are living in a situation where the outlook is more difficult than ever in economic terms. In the past it was difficult enough to look eight years ahead and how the world will look like then. Now, it’s even more difficult. If we knew how the world would look like at the end of this year, we would already be happy”.
IOC board member Craig Reedie said, “there are complications in all five applicant cities which will make the decision interesting”.
IOC finance commission chairman Richard Carrion added, “we’re in a different world than the one we were in five or six years ago”.
