Florida offers to host Olympics if Tokyo throws in the towel

The vagueness persists around the 2020 Olympics -

Can Florida save the Olympics if Tokyo withdraws against the backdrop of a health crisis?

The Florida finance manager wrote a letter to the IOC to convince the IOC to turn to the United States if Japan were to abandon the 2020 Olympics.

In his letter to the attention of IOC boss Thomas Bach, which he posted online, Jimmy Patronis "encourages him to consider transferring the 2021 Olympic Games from Tokyo, Japan, to the United States of America, and more precisely in Florida ”.

"Still time to change"

"The media having reported that Japanese leaders had concluded" in private ", that due to the pandemic, the 2021 Olympics could not take place (in Tokyo), there is still time to deploy a team" of the IOC in Florida "To meet local officials on the holding of the Olympics in the Sunshine State," he continues.

In its letter, Patronis touts the state's vaccination efforts, its economic reopening, the sporting events it hosted during the pandemic, such as the NBA Basketball Championship, as well as the fact that its theme parks, including Disney World, are open to businesses.

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