(ATR)A Paris Olympic bid is gaining traction as more French politicians have assented to a proposal to host the 2024 Games.
On Thursday, the Regional Council of Ile-de-France voted in favor of a Paris 2024 bid.
Bernard Lapasset, World Rugby chair and the anticipated face of the Paris 2024 bid, traveled to the council's headquarters in Paris for the vote.Emmanuelle Assmann, president of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee, was also in attendance.
In the end, 136 members of the council voted 'yes,' according to Francs Jeux. A total of 177 votes were cast and four officials chose not to vote.
Last month, the Paris City Councilvoted in favor of a 2024 bid. The vote was considered one of the last obstacles on the city's road to officially announcing its 2024 candidacy.
IOC president Thomas Bach and France President Francois Hollande met on April 16 at IOC headquarters in Lausanne.
On June 3, members of the committee for a potential Paris 2024 bid will meet with the IOC to review proposed plans for a Paris Summer Olympics.
Paris was unsuccessful in its bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The last Games hosted in France were the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics.
Paris will be in competition with Boston,Hamburg and Rome to host the 2024 Olympics. Budapest could join the race in the coming months.
The office of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is convening a Citizens Advisory Group meeting next week where the city's bid for the 2024 Olympic Games will likely be discussed.
The meeting will take place May 19 at the Cleveland Community Center in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester.
Boston 2024, the group behind the city's bid for the Games, has announced a statewide referendum will be held on Nov. 16, 2016.
The IOC will open the application process for 2024 on September 15. A host will be chosen at the 2017 IOC Session in Lima, Peru.
Written byNicole Bennett
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