As the International Olympic Committee, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, prepares for the possibility of selecting Salt Lake City as the host of the Winter Olympics, the Park City area will receive an invitation from the International Olympic Committee delegation in April to host the Winter Olympics. It is expected to be a key component of the state visit. In 2034.
The IOC's Future Hosts Commission, which is influential in the Olympic host city selection process, will visit Utah from April 10 to April 13 to broadly explore the concept of a second Games in Salt Lake City. It is planned. and surrounding areas.
The IOC provided extensive information about the upcoming visit during a roundtable with media on Monday. It's unclear what further details will be released closer to the visit, but the IOC said there will be some opportunity for public input while the delegation is in Utah.
In addition to the Salt Lake Valley venue, the visit will also include stops at a series of mountain venues, according to information released by the IOC on Monday.
Mountain venues include potential locations for ski racing, freestyle skiing, and snowboarding events. However, this information does not specify the exact location of the venue. Concept maps have long identified many of the events taking place at either Park City Mountain or Deer Valley Resort. Snowbasin, outside Ogden, is being envisioned as another mountain venue and ski racing venue.
Meanwhile, the information indicates stops to learn about upcoming events at Utah Olympic Park in the Snyderville Basin and Soldier Hollow in Wasatch County. This visit will also include stops at planned venues in the Salt Lake Valley.
It was not clear earlier in the week whether an IOC delegation planned to meet or confer with Park City or Summit County officials in April. Both jurisdictions are participating in discussions with the organization seeking to host the event, the Salt Lake City-Utah Convention Committee, and both jurisdictions will play an important role in the planning and operation of the event. They are expected to be involved in the design of transport, transportation, security, celebrations, etc., to name a few.
The visit comes at a critical time in the state's bid to host the 2034 Olympics. Delegates are expected to arrive within weeks after the Salt Lake City-Utah Games Committee submitted more than 5,000 pages of documents to the IOC detailing plans to host the games. The visit is also scheduled just months before the IOC is expected to select host cities for the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics at a meeting in Paris just before the Summer Olympics open in the French capital in July. has been done. In November, the IOC named Salt Lake City as a candidate to host the Games in 2034.
Documents submitted by the IOC on Monday indicate that topics to be considered during the April visit will include venue planning, local support for the Games, the impact of the Games, and Games-related issues. has been done. Heritage and sustainability. The IOC would like to hear about support from a variety of stakeholders, including local, state and federal levels, the private sector, public authorities and sports movements.
“I can't wait to return to Salt Lake,” IOC Olympic Games Secretary-General Christophe Dubi said during Monday's roundtable, calling the 2002 Utah Winter Olympics a great experience and referring to the host city. It already exists in a state used in the second game.
He also said the state “has done this before,” but it's not the “first time.” Dubi touched on concerns about the potential impact of climate change on the Winter Olympics, saying Utah's Olympic region is expected to have “high climate change credibility” for many years.
Jacqueline Barrett, the IOC's director of future Olympic organizers, said an opportunity for public input during the April visit has not yet been determined. The delegation “wants to be as open as possible,” she said.
