(ATR) Rome received feedback on a bid concept mixed with "tradition and innovation" from the IOC on July 16.
It was the bid’s second meeting with the IOC under the "invitation phase," where national Olympic committees and bid teams can go to Lausanne to discuss concepts and receive feedback before submitting a letter of intent to bid.
Rome sent 24 sport and government officials to Lausanne, where they pitched a bid that would embrace many venues from the 1960 Olympics in Rome and the full cooperation of government and sport officials.
Rome 2024 described the group that went to Lausanne to Around the Rings as "economic" leaders, and Mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino, general director of the Rome 2024 committee Claudia Bugno, and secretary to the Prime Minister Claudio De Vincenti gave technical presentations to IOC leadership.
Representatives from transport, urban planning and business development were included in the delegation according to Rome 2024.
"We will not build cathedrals in the desert. We won't allow a waste of money or work," Ignazio Marino, Mayor of Rome, said in a statement.
"Sixty-four years separate Rome in 1960 and the city we want to present in the world in 2024. We are once again at a crossroads, and our proposal will celebrate Rome's special history and culture but be both modern and innovative."
IOC president Thomas Bach welcomed the delegation to Switzerland, and a spokesperson for the IOC called the presentations "a good working meeting" in a message to ATR.
Claudia Bugno, Rome 2024 general director, said after the meeting that the bid would mix both public and private money and will launch a transparent financial plan in coordination with the bid.
"As with the 1960 Games, which transformed Rome and the Olympic movement, we are looking to launch short and medium term initiatives which will leave a legacy for the city, even in the next two years," Bugno said in a statement.
"We are committed to a unique Festival of Sport that can encapsulate the best of the Olympics, of Italy and of Rome. I believe that an organization that could have the chance to transform the candidature into a real opportunity for the socio-economic development of the city, the region and the entire country."
Written by Aaron Bauer
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