NBC "won't be any help" in L.A.'s bid to land the '24 Games, but LA 2024 Chair Casey Wasserman "likes the city's odds anyway," according to Cullins & Porreca of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Wasserman yesterday at The Hollywood Reporter's 11th annual Power Lawyers event said that the IOC's rules "prohibit NBC's involvement in the bidding process and also bar its voters from visiting the potential sites." L.A. is "facing off with Paris" to host the '24 Games and the IOC is "set to vote on the host city Sept. 13." Wasserman said that the U.S. has "two major advantages: 88 percent of locals support the idea, which he credits to the success" of the '84 Games in L.A., and the infrastructure is "already in place." His team has "compiled a 'beautiful 300-page technical plan' as part of their pitch." Eighty-eight of the IOC's 94 members will vote on the host city, and while "several of the members are Muslim, the Trump administration has been very supportive of the bid." By contrast, Wasserman said that the Obama administration "didn’t have a great relationship with the IOC" after Chicago wasn’t chosen to host the '09 Games (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 4/26).
