For this Event Bid Assignment, you will select a city from North America that is potentially capable of hosting a summer or winter Olympic games. Recent candidate/host cities of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Vancouver may not be selected. You will prepare a summer or winter Olympic Games bid using the criteria below. The Event Bid Assignment must be presented as a PowerPoint presentation.You must provide a visually pleasing presentation which provides an adequate description without overloading individual slides with information.

The following information (which is loosely based on the IOCs requirements for candidate cities) should be completed for this Event Bid Assignment project:

1. Title slide

a. Must include the students name and the name of the bid city

2. Descriptive information

a. General overview of the games concept and legacy

i. Purpose/vision for the hosting the games

ii. Anticipated dates for the gamesiii. Sentimental reasons for selecting your city

b. Population and demographics

i. Per capita income

ii. Racial description

iii. Other relevant demographic information

c. Geography and Meteorology

i. Description of weather during games time

ii. Geographical features of importance or interest

d. City Description

i. Historical notes

ii. Key industries

iii. Cultural environment

e. Previous sport/event hosting experience

i. International and major events

ii. One time and regular events

iii. Previous international bids (successful or not)

3. Infrastructure

a. Hospitality/Lodging Spectators

i. Number of hotel rooms available for visitors

b. Hospitality/Lodging Athletes

i. Concept for the athletes village including post-games use

c. Sport Facilities

i. Existing athletic/public assembly facilities which could be used for Olympic events (include key venues and connect them to Olympic events) ii. Required additional facilities to adequately host games (connect to events)iii. Planned post-event use of main Olympic stadium

d. Transportation

i. Existing mass transit capabilities

ii. Required changes/upgrades

iii. Post-event transit benefits4. Political/Social Issues

a. Anticipated political or social problems that should be addressed

b. Security plan/resources available

c. Anticipated impacts on residents before, during, and after the gamesSources for all information used must be provided using APA format. You must use current, original sources to gather information (pages such as Wikipedia, about.com, etc, are not acceptable for this level of work). Rather than including a reference page, you should place sources in the notes window below the power point slide in which the source information is used. Leave a blank line between each separate source in the notes window. This project must be your sole work, according to the Liberty University honor code.