Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics nearby Orlando). Several European cities wanted to follow the likes of London, Madrid, Moscow and Paris, and were thus hopeful to gain their NOC's support. Germany chose Leipzig over Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Stuttgart, while in Spain, Seville lost out to Madrid. Other referenced cities were Budapest, Milan, Rome, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Oslo and Copenhagen. Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics Nine cities submitting bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics were recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Committee shortlisted five of them—London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, and Paris—from which London eventually prevailed;
Rotterdam bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Rotterdam bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Rotterdam 2018 was a bid by the city of Rotterdam and the Dutch Olympic Committee to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. On February 29, 2012 it was announced that Rotterdam would bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Rotterdam failed to become a Candidate City for the games when the IOC selected the Candidate cities on February 13, 2013. Buenos Aires was ultimately elected as the host city of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games on July 4, 2013. Amsterdam has made a total of six bids for the Summer Olympic