Potential 2020 bid cities

The potencial 2020 bid cities:

Africa
Cape Town, South Africa After being eliminated during the fourth round of the 2004 Olympic race, Cape Town may also bid for the 2020 Olympics.

Asia
Bangkok, Thailand The Thai capital, Bangkok, had originally expressed interest for bidding for a 2020 bid.

Busan, South Korea With the success of the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, the city's mayor announced that they were planning to bid for the 2020 Olympic games.

Delhi, India Being very confident of holding a successful Commonwealth Games in 2010, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has confirmed that "Delhi will bid for the 2020 Olympics."

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia expects to be considered a developed nation by the year 2020, as expressed in Wawasan 2020.

Europe
Budapest, Hungary Budapest is considering to bid for Hungary's first Summer Olympic Games.

Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen is considering to bid for Denmark's first Olympics. Copenhagen will try to bid for the Olympics in 2020 because they concluded that it would be the most likely year that a European nation would win the bid.

Hamburg, Germany Munich is mounting a bid for the 2018 Winter Games bid, which will supersede a 2020 Summer games bid, and most likely push a Hamburg bid back to at least 2030.

Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul will apply for hosting the 2020 Olympic Games. Istanbul previously applied for hosting the games in 4 consecutive times but did not apply for 2016 Olympic Games.

Prague, Czech Republic Prague has launched a bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Bid organizers have acknowledged it is a preporatory bid for a future Olympiad, such as the 2020 Summer Games.

Porto, Portugal Portugal is supposedly considering two cities to bid. There is currently an unofficial website of Porto 2020.

Rome, Italy After losing its 2004 bid to Athens, Rome will attempt to present another bid for the 2020 Olympics.

Romagna , Italy, A committee in Romagna, the southeastern part of the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, is promoting a Romagna 2020 bid.

St. Petersburg, Russia Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, is considering bidding for the 2020 Summer Olympics. City officials have confirmed that they are preparing to develop the city's infrastructure to strengthen their bid.

Baku, Azerbaijan The Azeri capital bid for the 2016 edition of the games, but failed to make the shortlist and gain candidature status. Following the city's elimination, a government sports official vowed to bid again, stating his belief that Baku will be the next host city. Baku came last on the evaluation of the 2016 bids, with a score of 4.3. The main reasons for Baku's poor rating were the city's poor infrastructure and concerns over the budget of the proposed games.

Prague, Czech Republic Prague bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the candidature phase, coming second to last in the evaluation of applicant cities. Bid organizers had acknowledged that it was a preparatory bid, in order to gain experience, and indeed expressed the city's intention to bid for the 2020 games. It is estimated cost for preparations for an Olympic bid, including a proposal to connect the metro system to sports centres and to enlarge an airport, would be USD$9.1 billion. Also, most of the sport grounds would have to be built from scratch.

North America
If Chicago fails to win the 2016 Summer Olympics bid, by 2020, it would have been 24 years since a summer Olympics were held in North America, strengthening a bid from that continent. The last time the Games were in the Americas was the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, although the Winter Olympics will have been held there twice in the meanwhile.

Boston, Massachusetts United States Boston is conducting feasibility studies for the greater New England region.

Detroit, Michigan, United States Detroit has made the Summer Olympic Games final bidding election more often than any other ultimately unsuccessful bid city, seven times including 1964 and 1968, when they placed second. If accepted as the USA candidate by USOC, this would be their 8th bid.

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, United States Legislation has been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature to create a task force to explore a 2020 Olympic bid for the Twin Cities.

Monterrey, Mexico Monterrey is considering a 2020 Summer Olympic bid,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States There is also speculation that Philadelphia is interested in bidding for the 2020 games.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada On July 10, 2007 it was revealed that the Canadian Olympic Committee had begun work on a potential bid for the 2020 or 2024 games for Toronto.

Birmingham, Alabama In June 2008, Birmingham mayor Larry Langford, expressed interest in hosting the 2020 summer Olympic games.

South America
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil If the Rio bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics is unsuccessful, the city may try again.

Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina's wish to bid for an Olympics. there is much speculation over a possible 2020 or 2024 bid.

Lima, Peru, Peruvian President Alan Garcia has announced that the country is bidding to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. He said Wednesday Peru is ready for the challenge.

Oceania
Brisbane, Australia The subtropical city of Brisbane would seriously consider bidding for the Olympic Games in 2020 or 2024.

Melbourne, Australia Australia's second largest city, Melbourne is considering a bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.