Budapest to withdraw bid to host 2024 Summer Olympics

President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee Zsolt Borkai addresses the General Assembly of the City of Budapest with Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos in the background in the town hall in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Feb. 2… BUDAPEST, Hungary – Budapest will withdraw its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, leaving only Los Angeles and Paris in the race. The joint decision by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos and the Hungarian Olympic Committee will be formally voted on by the Budapest City Assembly, where Orban’s governing Fidesz party has a comfortable majority.