A new, modern athletes village would have been constructed on the Moscow River, which was the centerpiece and core of the city's Olympic bid.

[1] Despite the high support from the entire nation and invaluable experience, Moscow's bid suffered from a lack of accommodation and an older transport system which may not have been able to cope with the expected traffic from the Olympics.

[2] Moscow was eliminated in the first round of the ballot to select a host city at the 117th IOC sitting on 6 July 2005, in Singapore.

[3] Two years later, the Russian city of Sochi won the bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.

[4] The International Olympic Committee gave the Moscow bid the highest level of criticism compared to the other four candidates.