BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Population: 1.7 million
Possible venues: Groupama Arena (multipurpose outdoor arena), Papp László Sports Arena (multipurpose indoor arena), New Ferenc Puskás Stadium (soccer, opening and closing ceremony)
Major companies: Ganz Works, Ikarus Bus, Zwack liqueur, AMC Networks International Central Europe, CLS Music, MTVA (media), Budapest Aircraft Service, ASL Airlines Hungary, Danubius Hotels Group, Szerencsejáték Zrt., CIB Bank, MOL Group, Balabit, MVM Group
HAMBURG, GERMANY
Population: 1.7 million
Possible venues: Olympic Stadium, Olympic Aqua Dome and Olympic canoe slalom course (all proposed); Bundesliga Stadium (soccer); Barclaycard Arena (handball, field hockey, volleyball); Volksparkstadion (soccer); Millerntor-Stadion (soccer); Klein-Flottbeck (equestrian); Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld (equestrian); Billtalstadion (soccer)
Major companies: Edeka Zentrale, Marquard & Bahls, UFA Sports, Hamburg Airlines, Hamburg Airways, Hamburg Sud, Beiersdorf; five top U.S. companies with subsidiaries in Hamburg: ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding Corp., General Electric, ConocoPhillips Germany, IBM Germany Corp., Oil Mill Hamburg Corp. (an ADM company); other big players in Hamburg: Google, Big Point, Facebook
LOS ANGELES
Population: 3.8 million
Possible venues: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (opening and closing ceremonies, track and field), Staples Center (gymnastics, trampoline and basketball), StubHub Center (soccer, tennis and track cycling), Rose Bowl (soccer prelims and finals), Los Angeles Convention Center (badminton, table tennis, judo, wrestling, rhythmic gymnastics, handball and taekwondo), new MLS Stadium (swimming, diving and synchronized swimming), Nokia Theatre (fencing), USC’s Galen Center (boxing), Shrine Auditorium (weightlifting), Griffith Park (mountain biking, BMX), Sepulveda Dam (archery, equestrian, shooting, canoe slalom, modern pentathlon), UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion (preliminary basketball), UCLA’s Drake Stadium and North Athletic Field (field hockey), Los Angeles Tennis Center (water polo), Santa Monica Beach (beach volleyball, skate, open water swimming, cycling time trials and triathlon), Lake Casitas (rowing, canoe sprint), Los Angeles Transportation Center (Olympic Village), NBC-Universal’s Studio Lot (International Broadcast Center and Main Press Center), Dodger Stadium (baseball and softball, should they return to the Games)
Major companies: AEG Worldwide, Walt Disney Studios, NBCUniversal, DirecTV, 21st Century Fox, Occidental Petroleum, Amgen, Edison International, Health Net, Jacobs Engineering Group, Reliance Steel & Aluminum, AECOM Technology, Dole Food, Avery Dennison, Mattel, CB Richard Ellis, Live Nation, Molina Healthcare
PARIS
Population: 2.24 million
Possible venues: Stade de France (opening and closing ceremonies, track and field), Roland Garros (tennis), Champs de Mars (beach volleyball), Esplanade des Invalides (archery), Grand Palais (fencing), Parc des Princes (soccer), Stade Jean-Bouinin (rugby), Bercy Arena (team sports), Golf National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (golf), Base nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne (canoe, kayak), Hippodrome de Longchamp (equestrian), Arena 92 (gymnastics, weightlifting), Château de Versailles (cycling), Trocadero (marathon, triathlon), Halle Georges Carpentier (badminton, boxing, table tennis), Golf Velodrome (cycling)
Major companies: AXA, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Credit Agricole, Helios Partners, Electricite de France, Peugeot Citroen, Groupe BPCE, Finatis, CNP Assurances, Orange, Sanofi, Bouygues, Christian Dior, Air France-KLM Group, Veolia Environnement, La Poste, Vivendi, Danone
ROME
Population: 2.63 million
Possible venues: Stadio Olimpico (opening and closing ceremonies and other events), Stadio della Roma, Foro Italico complex, Stadio Flaminio, Tor Vergata complex, Velodromo Olimpico, Piazza di Siena, Circus Maximus
Major companies: ENI, Enel, Finmeccanica, Poste Italiane, Telecom Italia
Note: Specific events were not yet assigned to Rome’s venues.
Sources: Bid committees, media reports
