CONI To Select Rome Or Venice For 2020 Bid

The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) will decide in April whether Rome or Venice will be Italy’s candidate for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, said Gianni Petrucci, head of CONI.
The cities have until the end of February to present their bids after which it will take CONI “at least until the end of April” to vet them and make a final choice, he said. “Whether it’s Rome or Venice, we want to win”.

Two other Italian cities – Palermo and Bari – were ruled out last October because they didn’t meet the “minimum” requirements. Petrucci said at the time that “Rome and Venice are the only serious bidders, all the rest is just so much talk”.

Bids must be presented by the end of 2011 and the winning bid city will be announced in 2013, reports Ansa.