Pittsburgh won't bid to host 2024 Summer Olympics

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh is declining an invitation to bid on hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Pittsburgh was one of 35 American cities that the U.S. Olympic Committee encouraged in February to submit a bid.

According to Channel 11's news exchange partners at TribLIVE, that isn't going to happen.

Mayoral spokeswoman Marissa Doyle said in an email that there wasn't enough community support for such a bid.

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald agreed the greater Pittsburgh area never rallied around the idea.

Fitzgerald said, "It would cost two to three billion -- that with a `b' -- dollars" which he called a "big risk."

About 10 cities have expressed interest in bidding, including Philadelphia, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Diego. The U.S. committee must decide by 2015 which bid to support.

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