GamesBids.com: Dubai Considers 2020 Olympic Bid

Dubai Considers 2020 Olympic Bid
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GB Staff on Sunday, June 28, 2009  12:01pm EDT
 
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime
Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has announced the creation of a working
group which will look into the feasibility of Dubai bidding for the 2020 Summer
Olympic Games.
The working group will be chaired by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince
of Dubai, and Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum will be the vice
chairman.
The feasibility study will be undertaken before further decisions are taken
regarding any formal bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Falcon and Associates has been mandated to lead the Dubai 2020 project and the
working group.
Members of the public will be invited to participate and, according to a
statement, more details will be announced in due course.
Dubai will also be undertaking a feasibility study on bidding for the World
Expo.