Salt Lake City bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics
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The Salt Lake City bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics is a proposed bid to bring the 2030 Winter Olympics to the city of Salt Lake City, United States.[1] Salt Lake City previously hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics.
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| XXVI Olympic Winter Games XV Paralympic Winter Games | |
| Details | |
| City | Salt Lake City, United States |
| Chair | Catherine Raney-Norman |
| NOC | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) |
| Previous Games hosted | |
| 2002 Winter Olympics | |
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Salt Lake City 2030 is one of the bids for the 2030 Winter Olympics.[2]
The committee bolstered its engagement with athletes in governance in June 2021, naming four-time Olympic speed skater Catherine Raney-Norman as its chair.[3]
In February 2020, following the announcement of Sapporo's bid, the organizing committee for the Salt Lake City bid was considered moving their intention to bid for the 2034 Games as the Summer Games are scheduled for Los Angeles in 2028.[4] At the first meeting in June 2021, the organizing committee considered whether it should change the bid for 2030 or 2034.[5] The decision for Salt Lake City on the bidding for 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics could be made after Beijing 2022 ending. President and chief executive of the Salt Lake City Bid Committee Fraser Bullock mentioned that the small window between the Los Angeles 2028 and a potential Salt Lake City 2030 Games could be a real difficulty to manage and that the feasibility study for this is still ongoing.[6] The IOC sent a delegation to Salt Lake City, from April 27 to 29, 2022, to conduct an inspection and a technical site visit of the competitions, ceremonies and Olympic Village venues.[7]
Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games chief executive Fraser Bullock confirmed at a meeting on 1 November 2022 that "SLC considers the upcoming process is focused on 2030 and SLC will fully participate in that process to hopefully get either the 2030 or 2034 Olympics".[8]
In September 2023, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee officially endorsed Salt Lake City as the American bid city for the Winter Olympics in 2030 or 2034.[9]
References edit
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- ^ "Salt Lake City and Utah set up committee in preparation for bid to host another Winter Olympics". insidethegames.biz. 2020-02-12.
- ^ "Four-time Olympian Catherine Raney-Norman Named Chair of Salt Lake City Olympic Bid Efforts". 2021-06-12.
- ^ "Salt Lake City mulling 2034 Winter Olympics bid". ESPN.com. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "Committee To Decide On 2030 Or 2034 Bid For Olympics Return To Utah". KSLTV.com. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
- ^ "Salt Lake City decision on 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics could be made after Beijing 2022". insidethegames.biz. 2021-10-05.
- ^ "IOC set to visit Salt Lake City for 2030 Winter Olympics bid inspection". insidethegames.biz. 2022-04-25.
- ^ "TSX REPORT: IOC TV rights payments to federations revealed; Salt Lake City ready for 2030 bid; Qatar contracting influencers to come to World Cup". 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ^ "Olympic committee gives Salt Lake City official go-ahead as bidder for future Winter Games". AP News. 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2023-11-07.