A delegation from the Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee is scheduled to visit Utah this week to inspect the site for the 2034 Winter Olympics, but will continue to do so this month to carry out similar activities in preparation for the country's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics. I'm planning to visit France at the end of the year.
The IOC said on Monday that members of the Future Hosts Committee, as well as executives and staff, will visit the French Alps and other locations in France used for the Winter Olympics from April 22 to 26 “to take a deep dive.” Announced. The proposal and local situation will be considered with a view to selection at the IOC General Assembly in July. ”
Both bids have already been named by IOC leaders as preferred venues under a new informal selection process, with Salt Lake City, Utah in 2034 and the French Alps in 2030. If all goes well, it will end with an official award. Of the two Olympics the IOC will meet in Paris before the 2024 Summer Olympics begin in the French capital.
The results of the visit, which began with the delegation's arrival in Utah late Tuesday and will continue until noon Saturday, will be included in a report from the Future Hosts Committee to the IOC Executive Board in June. If IOC leaders give the go-ahead, full members will vote on the venue on July 24, which is celebrated as Pioneer Day in Utah.
Utah, host of the 2002 Winter Olympics, has been trying to host the Games again for more than a decade. The 2034 Venue Plan, announced last week, will replace previous Games venues that have continued to be used by communities and elite athletes, thanks to recent taxpayer investments that could ultimately exceed $140 million. I am making use of it.
In contrast, the French Alps bid has been open for less than a year. It stretches across both the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions, from northern Chamonix, site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, to the seaside city of Nice. Located on the southern French Riviera.
It is not clear how many venues have been specifically identified for 2030. According to French ski magazine Ski Chrono, the bid that France submitted to the IOC in February includes a 55-page file and part of a 32-page file that includes a map of the venue, which has not yet evolved. It is stated that it has been done. Appendix page. Utah's bid file is said to include more than 30,000 words and 343 pages of appendices.
But Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur president Renaud Meuselier insisted France was “ready” to host the event in 2030. Mouslier, who was in Utah in January as part of a trade delegation, ruled out that possibility. Salt Lake City may be needed as a backup in 2030 if France's bid fails.
In Utah, the IOC delegation's first stop will be the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium, which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies in 2002 and will host them again in 2034. Over the course of three days, they will visit the Utah Olympic Park's sliding venue and other sites. track near Park City, Snowbasin near Huntsville, and the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns.
More than a dozen members of the IOC delegation will also meet local community, government and sports leaders at an invitation-only community forum on the “Olympic Journey in Utah” Thursday at the Eccles Theater in downtown Salt Lake City. We plan to hear opinions from them.Natalie Goschner, Director, Kem C. Gardner Institute for Policy Studies, USA
Prior to Saturday's departure, IOC Member Karl Stoth of Austria, Chairman of the Future Hosts Committee, and Christoph Dubi, IOC Secretary General of the Olympic Games, spoke to leaders of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the Salt Committee. We are planning to hold a press conference with them. The Lake City Utah Convention Committee is behind the bid.
