Are the 2021 Summer Olympics Coming to Florida and Walt Disney World?
The 2020 Summer Olympics that were scheduled to be held in Tokyo were postponed last year after the COVID-19 pandemic took over the world. At the time, organizers decided to move the Games to Summer 2021. Now, with Summer 2021 right around the corner, many are wondering if Tokyo is going to be able to safely host the Games. And, now there is even a push for the 2021 Summer Olympics to be moved to Florida and Walt Disney World.
Leading the push for the 2021 Summer Olympics to be moved to Florida is Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Jimmy Patronis. Earlier this week, Patronis penned a letter directed to the International Olympic Committee President, Thomas Bach, expressing his reasoning why Florida and Walt Disney Would would make the perfect hosts for the 2021 Summer Olympics.
Highlights from the letter are below:
With media reports of leaders in Japan “privately” concluding that they are too concerned about the pandemic for the 2021 Olympics to take place, there is still time to deploy a site selection team to Florida to meet with statewide and local officials on holding the Olympics in the Sunshine State. I would welcome the opportunity to pitch Florida and help you make the right contacts to get this done.
The State of Florida has successfully allowed sports to take place during the pandemic. When most states shut down their sporting events, the city of Jacksonville hosts the Ultimate Fighting Championship (the UFC) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) setup the “bubble” to hold games in Orlando. Moreover, during football season the National Football League (NFL) and college teams were able to compete on Florida soil. Additionally our international tourist destinations, like Disney parks have been open and operating safely in Florida for some time. In fact, Disney serves as an incredible model for how to run a complex organization in the midst of COVIID-19.
To read the complete letter from Jimmy Patronis to the 2021 Olympic Committee, please CLICK HERE.
At this time, the 2021 Olympics will go on as planned in Tokyo and are not moving to Florida. However, like everything else surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, this remains a fluid situation. Make sure to keep it here with MickeyBlog.com for all the latest!
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