(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City is more than ready to host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2030 or 2034. That’s what Governor Spencer Cox and Mayor Erin Mendenhall told reporters this week. Mendenhall said there’s strong public support to bring the games back to the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The local committee overseeing Utah’s bid for the Winter Olympics is giving its stamp of approval to a plan to host the Games. The board of the Salt Lake-Utah Committee for the Games approved most of the plan yesterday, saying a few contracts are still […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are showing their support for a bid to bring the Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City. The House and the Senate unanimously passed two measures involving the Olympics yesterday. Lawmakers say the bills give the International Olympic Committee assurances that the city and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new development may be giving Salt Lake City’s Olympic bid a leg up on the competition. Officials in Sapporo, Japan have placed a pause on their bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics while dealing with a bribery scandal tied to the 2020 Summer Olympics. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City’s chances of hosting the Olympics is looking better than ever. The International Olympic Committee is considering selecting a rotation of hosts for the Winter Games as climate change continues to limit their options. If selected, Salt Lake City would be due to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s bid to host an upcoming Olympics may be helped by a decision made yesterday by the city of Vancouver. Officials there announced that they are no longer supporting a bid to bring the Winter Olympics to Canada in 2030. That leaves Salt Lake City […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City will have to wait a bit longer to find out if it will be hosting a future Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee announced yesterday that it was postponing a meeting where members would have voted on the host for the 2030 […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The chair of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says Utah’s bid to host an upcoming Winter Olympics is unlikely to bear fruit until at least 2034. Susanne Lyons suggested yesterday that Salt Lake City is more of a fallback plan for the International Olympic […]
(Undated) — Salt Lake City may be facing less competition in its bid to host an upcoming Winter Olympics. SportBusiness.com reports that Spain may be dropping out of contention for the 2030 Winter Games. The report indicates that Olympic leaders could table their bid in hopes of bringing the Olympics […]
(Switzerland) — Utah officials are coming away from a meeting with the International Olympic Committee with no definitive answers on if the state will host an upcoming Winter Olympics. Members of the committee heading Utah’s bid for the Olympics said yesterday’s meeting in Switzerland was very positive. They were also […]
