Josh0108

For those unaware, the interested parties are as follows: Harbin, China (last hosted in 2009) Erzurum, Turkey (potential backup, last hosted in 2011) Stockholm-Åre-Östersund, Sweden ???, France Almaty, Kazakhstan (last hosted in 2017) Lillehammer, Norway Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia (last hosted in 2015 with Granada, Spain) Zakopane, Poland (last hosted in 2001)

Are they using either Stadium Australia/Melbourne Cricket Ground or Allianz Stadium/Melbourne Rectangular Stadium for football? I've seen conflicting reports on which stadiums from these cities are being used.

Don't you mean the Basketball Arena from London 2012? The same firm did that.

A new year has begun, and the IOC website has removed Atos, Bridgestone, Panasonic and Toyota from the page. However, Intel is still on there, and I don't think it's a mistake, as they've uploaded a new video about the TOP programme that has Intel listed at the end. This makes be believe that Intel has silently renewed its partnership, and not even them and the IOC have said anything about it!

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee plan to launch their bid in February 2025. https://www.sabcsport.com/news/sascoc-to-launch-the-bid-host-the-2036-olympic-games-in-february

I added that exact image to the Expo 2030 Wikipedia page!

Does this mean they have officially launched a "bid"?

The other sports that have been proposed for the 2032 Olympics are as follows: Flying Disc (specific discipline to be announced) [NEW] Baseball/Softball [to be featured in 2028] Rugby league nines (and wheelchair rugby league for the Paralympics) [NEW] Cricket [to be featured in 2028] Squash [to be featured in 2028] Flag football [to be featured in 2028] Breakdancing [last featured in 2024] Trail running [NEW] Life saving (specifically beach lifesaving) [NEW]

In terms of a city to co-host with, Incheon would be the best choice as it is part of the same metro area.

I can't see how they've secured $1.5 billion with not many domestic sponsors thus far.

Salesforce randomly pulled out a few months ago, with nobody reporting on it.

And so is Panasonic. https://www.sportcal.com/sponsorship/panasonic-bringing-37-year-ioc-partnership-to-an-end/ What'll happen to the other three that deals end this year; Atos, Bridgestone and Intel?

Reliance Industries seems to cover many categories through its subsidiaries. Solar energy (Renewable Energy Corporation) Industrial infrastructure (Reliance Industrial Infrastructure) Textiles (Alok Industries) Petroleum and gas (Jio-BP) Financial services (Jio Financial Services/Jio Payments Bank) Communications networking and commercial systems (Radisys)

The most recently released article (https://gamesbids.com/eng/summer-olympic-bids/with-focus-shifted-to-2030-youth-olympics-bid-indias-run-at-2036-summer-games-begins-to-fade/) states that the IOC has hinted that the company may become the next TOP partner. If this is true, they would join AB InBev, Airbnb, Allianz, Alibaba Group, Coca-Cola-Mengniu Dairy, Deloitte, Omega, Procter & Gamble, Samsung Electronics, Visa*, and would become the first TOP partner from India. *Atos, Bridgestone and Intel are not included at the moment as it is unknown whether they will renew or not.

Singapore would also be a great choice too, as they've never hosted the Commonwealth Games before.