March 21, 2013

Madrid’s bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games has received wide spread public support as the International Olympic Committee announced that 76% of the city’s inhabitants and 81% of Spanish citizens supported the bid.

For all the talk of mass demonstrations to show the visiting IOC evaluation commission that, in tough financial times, Spain should be spending money on its people and not on a bid for the Olympics, the IOC has got the message that most Spaniards want the games.