Argentine IOC Member and Argentine Olympic Committee head Gerardo Werthein as well as Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri wrote letters to IOC President Jacques Rogge in support of the bid.

On February 13, 2013, the IOC selected Buenos Aires as one of the three Candidate Cities for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

[6] In June 2013, the IOC Evaluation Commission released their report of the candidate cities and found that Buenos Aires' bid carried minimal risk.

The report did however express concerns over issues related to the dates of the proposed games as well as financial guarantees.

Buenos Aires previously bid to host the 2004 Summer Olympics but lost to Athens in the first round of voting.