1984年的洛杉矶奥运会是现代奥运史上首次由民间承办的运动会。既无政府补贴,又不能增加纳税人负担,加之美国法律还禁止发行彩票,一切资金就都得自行筹措。寻找能筹集巨额资金的人就成了关键问题。 物色委员会从几千名候选人中选择了美国第一旅游公司的总裁——彼得·尤伯罗斯。尤伯罗斯以1060万美元的价格卖掉了他的第一旅游公司,开始了白手起家。 1979年初,当尤伯罗斯就任洛杉矾奥运会组委会主席时,他发现组委会在银行 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games is the first time in modern history of the Olympic Games hosted by the people. There is neither government subsidies nor tax burden on the taxpayers. In addition, U.S. laws prohibit the issue of lottery tickets and all the funds must be financed by themselves. Finding someone who can raise huge amounts of money becomes a key issue. The Commission selected several thousand candidates from Peter Ueberos, the president of America’s number one tourism company. Uvert Rose sold his first travel company for $ 10.6 million and started out from scratch. In early 1979, when Uber Rose took the chair of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, he found that the organizing committee in the bank