How likely is Buffalo-Toronto Olympics?

BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) - Many WNY'ers are excited about the possibly of a joint Toronto-Buffalo Olympics in 2024, spurred by a Toronto councilman's comments .  Could it happen?  Do you want it to happen?  We decided to take a look at the history of all the previous times a US or Canadian city has hosted the games.

Cities from the United States have been the host cities for four Summer Olympics and four Winter Olympics since the first Olympic games of modern history.

St. Louis hosted the 1904 Summer Games. Los Angeles hosted the Summer Games in both 1932 and 1984. Both times, it was the only city from across the globe to complete a bid to the International Olympic Committee so it was selected by default.

Leveraging corporate sponsors and many already-existing venues, the 1984 Los Angeles games are considered to be the most financially successful.

The most recent time a US city hosted the summer games was in 1996 when they were held in Atlanta. Toronto had bid to host that year also, but lost. The Atlanta games are said to have generated $10 million for the city and cost $1.8 billion.

In terms of the Winter Games, Lake Placid, NY hosted the games in both 1932 and 1980. They were the only city to bid to host the games in 1980. Chuck Mangione, from Rochester, NY, performed the official song of the 1980 games, "Give It All You Got", at the closing ceremonies.

Squaw Valley, CA and St. Lake City also hosted the Winter Games in 1960 and 2002, respectively.

Canada has only hosted the Summer Games once, in Montreal in 1976.

Two Canadian cities have hosted the Winter Games; Calgary in 1988 and Vancouver in 2010.

Data compiled from Wikipedia.org