"I think we might be getting the Olympics again.
"Keep your fingers crossed," the Senate president said. Niederhauser, R-Sandy, was upbeat about Salt Lake's chances of hosting another Games. "We see this as the right time to explore the possibility of hosting the world again," the governor said in a statement, citing the "very high standard for hosting the Olympic Winter Games" set by Salt Lake in 2002.īiskupski said Salt Lake "is a proud member of the Olympic family" and that the city is "eager to explore any opportunity that should present itself to host the Games again." Other Utah leaders involved in the effort also expressed enthusiasm for another bid. If we could get 2030, I'd be thrilled," the sports commission boss said. "I'll tell you, if we could get 2026, I'd be thrilled. Robbins said he's not going to be picky about when the Olympics come back to Utah. "We need to be open to all options at this point," Bullock said. Salt Lake City had been looking primarily at the 2030 Winter Games, Bullock said, but that changed after the Austrian referendum, combined with the Swiss government postponing backing a Sion bid.Īnd the IOC recently broke precedent by awarding two Summer Games at the same time, with 2024 going to Paris and 2028, to Los Angeles, the first Olympics in the United States since Salt Lake. Innsbruck, Austria, the leading contender for the 2026 Games, just dropped out after voters rejected a bid in a referendum. In 2019, the International Olympic Committee will choose the site of the 2026 and possibly the 2030 Winter Games. Olympic Committee, which announced last week it was ready to move forward on a Winter Games bid, has until March 31, 2018, to put forward an American candidate. 1 whether to bid for the 2026 or the 2030 Winter Games. "It's a very big step," said Fraser Bullock, who will serve as one of three co-chairmen of the new committee, along with Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser and Utah Sports Commission President and CEO Jeff Robbins.īullock, the chief operating officer of the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, said the committee's goal is to decide by Feb. Gary Herbert and Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, are forming an exploratory committee. SALT LAKE CITY - Another Salt Lake Olympic bid just got a lot more likely with Monday's announcement that Utah leaders, including Gov. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use.
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