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- Los Angeles won the 1984 Olympics bid by a 55-to-39 vote on Sept. 25.
- Los Angeles projected $183.5 million in costs, compared with New York’s $533.5 million estimate and a $252.5 million deficit covered by lotteries.
- M. Donald Grant warned $74 million Shea Stadium renovation could force the Mets to move.
- Governor Hugh Carey noted $400,000 appropriation and an Olympic Village on Roosevelt Island.
- Athletes’ Advisory Council members, 20 % of the board, favored Los Angeles.
