Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee

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The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee ( LAOOC for short ) organized the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles . It emerged on June 15, 1978 from the "Committee of Seven", which until then had been the negotiating partner for the IOC. The LAOOC appointed the 65-person Board of Directors on January 26, 1979. Paul Ziffren was appointed Chairman on March 26, 1979, and Peter Ueberroth was also appointed President. The LAOOC appointed a commissioner for each sport to organize the competitions. In 1982 the LAOOC set up 25 sub-commissions to organize the individual areas of activity. Michael O'Hara , who himself took part in the 1964 Olympic volleyball tournament, worked as sports director .

Preparations and finances

As announced during the application phase, there were hardly any major construction projects, which was criticized by the IOC. The LAOOC selected for the most part already existing sports facilities in the greater Los Angeles area for the Olympic competitions. Only the swimming stadium, the velodrome and the tennis courts were newly built. The first two were each financed by sponsors. As announced, the LAOOC did not build a central Olympic village , but instead distributed the athletes' accommodation to three locations. The organizing committee initially wanted to charge $ 55 to $ 58 per day for the athletes' stay, four years earlier it was $ 20. After protests from some IOC members, the LAOOC finally lowered the price to $ 42.

The LAOOC signed sponsorship agreements with 34 companies . Coca-Cola paid $ 25 million and Anheuser-Busch paid $ 15 million; other sponsors included Canon , McDonald’s and American Express . Overall, the LAOOC achieved $ 123 million. In addition, the organizing committee sold licenses to 64 companies. The LAOOC and USOC also requested Congress to mint silver commemorative coins with denominations of $ 1 and $ 10 and commemorative gold coins with denominations of $ 50 and $ 100. Ultimately, two silver one-dollar coins priced at $ 32 and one gold ten-dollar coin priced at $ 352 were approved. LAOOC and USOC received $ 5 per silver coin sold and $ 25 per gold coin, respectively. Overall, the result exceeded the expected profit of $ 150 million, the LAOOC generated a profit of $ 232.5 million. Instead of transferring this money to the IOC as usual, 60% went to the USOC. With the remaining 40%, the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles (LA84 Foundation) was established, in which former senior members of the LAOOC took positions.

Members

The Executive Committee consisted of:

Other members of the Executive Committee were:

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael O'Hara ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Volleyball Hall of Fame (volleyhall.org), 2005. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.volleyhall.org
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 , p. 888.
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 , p. 890.
  4. ↑ Los Angeles and the 1984 Olympic Games ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Festschrift of the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, p. 1 ( PDF , 3.92 MB), last accessed on September 30, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aafla.org