On Thursday, Nov. 11, Governor George E. Pataki and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will join hundreds of New Yorkers, Olympians and Paralympians at a ceremony on the Brooklyn Bridge to help the City send off New York’s final major submission to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The filing of this 600-page Candidature File, the “Bid Book”, launches the final and most intense stage of the international competition for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Bid Book is due at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Nov. 15.

New York City is competing with four other Candidate Cities for the right to host the 2012 Games: London, Madrid, Moscow and Paris. An IOC Evaluation Commission will visit the cities in Spring 2005 (New York dates: Feb. 21-24) and the Host City will be selected on July 6, 2005 in Singapore.

Following IOC guidelines, NYC2012 will make the Bid Book available to media on Wednesday, Nov. 17. It will also be available on www.nyc2012.com on that date.

Date: Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004
Time: Press Set-Up: 11:00 a.m.
Program: 12:00-12:30 p.m.
Location: Brooklyn Bridge – Walkway
Press access from Brooklyn side of the bridge only
Press risers in the middle of the Bridge, on first come, first serve basis