Guam has joined Samoa in expressing interest to host the 2019 Pacific Games after Tonga pulled out of staging the event.
Guam last hosted the Games in 1999 in Santa Rita and previously in 1975 at Tumon.
The Pacific Games Council said French Polynesia would also bid to hold the games after Tahiti missed out on winning hosting rights to Tonga.
The council's chief executive Andrew Minogue said the Pacific Games Council has contracted a lawyer in Tonga to launch legal action against the Tongan government for pulling out as hosts.
He said Tonga had budgeted $US20 million to host the games over the next two years and the new host nation would need to do the same.
