Healey to Fund £7 Million Northern England Olympic Bid Study for 2040s Games

3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Oct 24

£7 million will be set aside in John Healey's first Budget on Wednesday for a full feasibility study into a potential Olympic and Paralympic bid across northern England.
The study will test how a "Northern Games" could work, examining venue and transport needs, how multiple cities might share events, community benefits, likely costs and the chances of winning a bid.
UK Sport, the government, northern mayors and the British Olympic and Paralympic bodies will run the work after an initial assessment was commissioned in May, with former Olympians and regional leaders already backing the idea.
A successful bid would target the 2040s and revive UK hosting after London 2012, whose reported £9.9 billion economic boost was later questioned by some business and research groups.