USOC looking at cities for 2024 Olympic bid

The U.S. Olympic Committee is looking for cities interested in bidding for the 2024 Summer Games.

The USOC sent letters to the mayors of 35 cities Tuesday to gauge interest in a potential bid to bring the Summer Olympics back to the country for the first time since 1996.

The letters were sent to mayors of the country's 25 largest cities - including New York, Chicago and former Olympic host cities Los Angeles, Atlanta and St. Louis - and 10 others.

The U.S. hasn't hosted the Summer Olympics since Atlanta in 1996; Salt Lake City was the last American city to stage the Winter Games in 2002.

Los Angeles, Dallas and Tulsa, Okla., are among the cities that have expressed interest in hosting the 2024 Games. New York, Chicago and San Francisco have either bid or expressed interest in bidding in the past and could also get in the mix.

Other cities around the world that have expressed interest in bidding for the 2024 Games include Paris; Rome; Doha, Dubai; and Durban, South Africa. The IOC vote on the 2024 Games will be in 2017.