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The Los Angeles bid committee for the 2024 Olympics released details of a nearly unheard-of budget plan Friday, insisting $5.3 billion will be enough to cover both operational and infrastructure costs for an Olympics that wont need any new, permanent stadiums.The cost would be less than half that of the recently completed Rio Games and about a quarter of Tokyos ballooning budget for the 2020 Olympics.It also defies convention in the Olympic bidding business, in which cities traditionally deal with two figures -- one for operational costs and one for non-Olympics costs that cover capital and infrastructure.Bid officials say they can do this because more than 30 venues already exist in the L.A. area and those that dont will be built as temporary structures. The bid folded in $1.2 billion for infrastructure, which would primarily be used for temporary venues and to bring existing ones up to Olympic standards.If L.A. is chosen to host the 2024 Games, the IOC does not have to worry about changing or evolving budgets, shifting competition venues or uncertainty about the delivery of the Games, bid chairman Casey Wasserman said.Los Angeles is going against Paris and Budapest, Hungary. Preliminary figures for Paris called for an infrastructure budget of $4.5 billion and operational costs of $4.8 billion, with 95 percent of the citys proposed venues either temporary or already in existence. The next deadline for cities to submit candidate files, which will include updated budget figures, is Feb. 3. The games will be awarded in September.Gone from Los Angeles budget was a one-time projected surplus of $161 million. In its place is a $491 million contingency fund that would cover cost overruns.Wasserman said all the figures are conservative and the numbers come in low because no major construction projects are needed. Los Angeles has already committed to more than $200 billion in transit and airport projects, regardless of whether it wins the Olympic bid. Often, projects such as those get approved in conjunction with an Olympic bid.In providing a $5.3 billion budget, Los Angeles is playing to the International Olympic Committees attempt to keep costs -- and building -- in check; decades of runaway spending have greatly reduced interest in hosting.Rio de Janeiro is expected to come in with a bill of between $10 billion and $12 billion for its recently completed Olympics.Meanwhile, Los Angeles released its figures only hours after an IOC vice president called Tokyos $20 billion budget unacceptable. 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Sulaiman becomes the sixth president of the organization.SAO PAULO -- Sundays rain-troubled Brazilian Grand Prix could have been the last such event for a while.Formula One organizers and political officials say that the continuation of the race at the Interlagos track needs greater financing at a time when Brazil is cutting expenses amid a severe economy crisis.The Brazilian Grand Prix will run a deficit of around $4 million for just this year, according to race organizer Tamas Rohonyi, but the total figure for next year could be significantly worse -- perhaps up to $10 million -- because of the absence of key sponsors.If we cant bring sponsors back, then Formula One management would have to cover that gap, Rohonyi told reporters shortly before Sundays race, which was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. That is why Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is worried.Organizers and local officials have said that a Wednesday meeting in Sao Paulo will be important to determining the future of the race in Brazil.Ecclestone suggested earlier this year that three races were at risk for 2017: Brazil, Germany and Canada. At the time, Brazilian organizers answered that uncertainty by saying the event is under contract until 2020.Two companies, Shell and state-run oil giant Petrobras, declined to renew key sponsorships ahead of this seasons race. Petrobras has needed to cut expenses in the wake of a growing corruption scandal and has also pushed away from its sponsorship deal with the Williams team, which saw Brazilian driver Felipe Massa run the last home Grand Prix of his F1 career.Ecclestone meet with President Michel Temer, who took office after Dilma Rousseff was impeached in May, for the first time earlier this week.dddddddddddd Neither side offered details of the conversation, but Temer has direct power over Petrobras and other state-run companies that have made large investments in sports in recent years.Brazils economy, which fell 4 percent in 2015, is expected to dip another 3 percent this year, though economists are predicting a mild recovery in 2017.The loss of sponsorships isnt the only risk to the traditional race in Sao Paulo, which has been on the calendar since 1973. Sao Paulos Mayor-Elect Joao Doria, who introduces himself as a manager first and politician second, has pledged to privatize the entire Interlagos compound.Current Mayor Fernando Haddad said his administration is eager to complete ongoing renovations at the facilities, which began in 2015 and were reported to cost $60 million, but it is better that we discuss that with the new mayor this week because it might not be worth to invest more here.Still, Haddad believes a solution will be found.When I took over in 2013, no one expected this infrastructure that we built at Interlagos, he told reporters on Sunday. Even with the economy crisis, we managed to do almost all of it.Formula One is a good investment. It brings revenues of about $60 million in only one weekend and it makes Sao Paulo known abroad. I hope it stays. ' ' '