And the fact that the Spanish city was chosen to host the Olympic Games, gave hope to the Paralympic movement that the city would host the Games, days after the [[1992 Summer Olympics closing ceremony|Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies]]. On August 2, 1987, the city had its Paralympic bid unanimously and unreservedly approved by the International Coordinating Committee (ICC). Unlike their predecessors, the Spanish bid that had an impressive and innovative factor as the two bids were made by the same Organizing Committee that was committing to organize and hold the Olympic and Paralympic Games together, something completely different, innovative and risky at that time.<ref name="STOKE">{{cite book |last=Brittain |first=Ian |date=2012 |title=From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford : a history of the summer paralympic games |url=https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/3976727/fromstoke1.pdf |location=Champaign, Illinois |publisher=Common Ground Publishing LLC |page=204 |isbn=978-1-86335-988-7}}</ref>
