Who will host the 2030 Winter Games?

XXVI Olympic Winter Games

Opening	8 February
Closing	24 February
Winter Table of Contents Show Bidding process[edit] Future Host Winter Commissions[edit] Dialogue stages[edit] Bidding parties[edit] Stakeholders[edit] Developments[edit] Bid details[edit] Potential bids[edit] Cancelled bids[edit] Broadcasting rights[edit] References[edit] Who could host the 2030 Olympics? Where will 2030 Games be held? Where are the 2034 Winter Olympics? Who will bid for 2030 Winter Olympics? Who will host the next Olympics 2028? Is Vancouver hosting the 2030 Olympics? ← Milano–Cortina 2026 TBD 2034 → Summer ← Los Angeles 2028 Brisbane 2032 → 2030 Winter Paralympics

The 2030 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXVI Olympic Winter Games, is an upcoming international multi-sport event. The host city is set to be elected at the 140th IOC Session in Mumbai in 2023.

Bidding process[edit]

The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session on 24 June 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are:[1][2]

• Establish a permanent, ongoing dialogue to explore and create interest among cities/regions/countries and National Olympic Committees for any Olympic event
• Create two Future Host Commissions (Summer and Winter Games) to oversee interest in future Olympic events and report to the IOC executive board
• Give the IOC Session more influence by having non-executive board members form part of the Future Host Commissions.

The IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase its flexibility by removing the date of election from 7 years before the games, and changing the host from a single city/region/country to multiple cities, regions, or countries.

Future Host Winter Commissions[edit]

The full composition of the Winter Commissions, overseeing interested hosts or with potential hosts where the IOC may want to focus on, is as follows:[3]

Dialogue stages[edit]

According to the Future Host Commission's rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided into 2 dialogue stages:[4]

• Continuous dialogue: Non-committal discussions between the IOC and interested parties (City/Region/Country/NOC interested in hosting) with regard to hosting future Olympic events.
• Targeted dialogue: Targeted discussions with one or more interested parties (called preferred host(s)), as instructed by the IOC Executive Board. This follows a recommendation by the Future Host Commission as a result of continuous dialogue.

Bidding parties[edit]

The three first potential submitting bidding parties were revealed by Octavian Morariu, the chair of the Future Host Winter Commission, during the 135th IOC Session at the SwissTech Convention Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland. He mentioned Salt Lake City of the United States, and Sapporo of Japan have conducted feasibility studies. Vancouver, Canada, made a preliminary bid submission in February 2021.[5][6]

Stakeholders[edit]

Stakeholders are those cities or regions that have expressed potential interest in hosting the Games. To date, four National Olympic Committees have expressed interest, though Spain later withdrew.[7] The remaining three interested sites are as follows:

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  Salt Lake City, Utah, United States; site of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the 2002 Paralympic Winter Games and the 2007 Winter Deaflympics. In December 2018 the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee named Salt Lake City, Utah as America's Choice for a future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. [8] The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games was formed in February 2020 to pursue a bid for 2030 or 2034. [9] The committee bolstered its engagement with athletes in governance in June 2021, naming four-time Olympic speed skater Catherine Raney-Norman as its chair. [10] 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.[11] At the first meeting in June 2021, the organizing committee considered whether it should change the bid for 2030 or 2034.[12] 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.[13] 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 competition, ceremony and Olympic Village venues.[14]
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  Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; host city of the 1972 Winter Olympics, the marathon and race-walking events at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 1986,1990 and 2017 Asian Winter Games along the 1991 Winter Universiade.
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  Vancouver–Whistler, British Columbia, Canada; Vancouver and Whistler hosted together the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Vancouver hosted the 1960 and 2001 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, the 2009 ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, the 2019 IBSF Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships, the 1966 and 1987 World Men's Curling Championships and the 2013 FIL World Luge Championships. Whistler hosted the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2001 and the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005, and is scheduled to host the 2023 FIS Nordic Junior/U23 World Ski Championships as well as the 2025 Invictus Games in Vancouver-Whistler. British Columbia hosted several other major competitions in all summer and winter Olympic sports.

Developments[edit]

An internal source from IOC has mentioned that the 2030 and 2034 winter games could be awarded simultaneously at the next IOC session,[15]  but IOC President Thomas Bach has ruled out that possibility because "it would not be the right thing to do."[16] 

Bid details[edit]

Potential bids[edit]

Cancelled bids[edit]

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  Barcelona–Pyrenees, Spain[24][25][26][27]

Broadcasting rights[edit]

• Brazil – Grupo Globo[28]
• Canada – CBC/Radio-Canada[29]
• China – CMG[30]
• Japan – Japan Consortium[31]
• Korea – JTBC[32]
• United States – NBCUniversal[33]

References[edit]

1. ^ "Future Olympic Games elections to be more flexible". International Olympic Committee. 2 May 2019.
2. ^ "Evolution of the revolution: IOC transforms future Olympic Games elections". International Olympic Committee. 26 June 2019.
3. ^ "IOC Members Kristin Kloster Aasen and Octavian Morariu lead Future Host Commissions". International Olympic Committee. 3 October 2019.
4. ^ "Future Host Commissions: Terms of Reference" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 3 October 2019.
5. ^ "Vancouver would be a favourite to win 2030 Winter Olympics",https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-2030-winter-olympics-competition-bid-cities
6. ^ "Olympics? Commonwealth? Invictus? B.C. considering games bids to boost pandemic recovery", https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/olympics-commonwealth-invictus-b-c-considering-games-bids-to-boost-pandemic-recovery-1.5918969
7. ^ "Spain stops 2030 Winter Olympic bid; 3 main candidates remain". NBC Sports. 21 June 2022.
8. ^ "Another Olympics in Utah? Salt Lake City selected as possible 2030 U.S. bid pick". 15 December 2018.
9. ^ "Salt Lake City and Utah set up committee in preparation for bid to host another Winter Olympics". 12 February 2020.
10. ^ "Four-time Olympian Catherine Raney-Norman Named Chair of Salt Lake City Olympic Bid Efforts". 12 June 2021.
11. ^ "Salt Lake City mulling 2034 Winter Olympics bid". ESPN.com. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
12. ^ "Committee To Decide On 2030 Or 2034 Bid For Olympics Return To Utah". KSLTV.com. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
13. ^ "Salt Lake City decision on 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics could be made after Beijing 2022". 5 October 2021.
14. ^ "IOC set to visit Salt Lake City for 2030 Winter Olympics bid inspection". 25 April 2022.
15. ^ "B.C.'s push for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games is official—and historic".
16. ^ "Bach downplays chance of 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics double award". 13 July 2022.
17. ^ "Kazakhstan decide not to bid for 2026 Winter Olympics but could be interested in 2030". 13 March 2018.
18. ^ "Winter Olympic Games Almaty-2030". Forbes Life. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
19. ^ "The IOC supports Georgia's desire to adopt the 2030 Olympic Winter Games".
20. ^ Tran, Paula (4 October 2022). "Alberta government considering 2030 Olympics bid". Global News. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
21. ^ "Sarajevo-Barcelona Winter Olympics joint candidacy slowly shaping up". 9 February 2022.
22. ^ "Jeux olympiques d'hiver : la Savoie et les Alpes candidats pour 2030 ?".
23. ^ "Jeux olympiques. La France candidate pour organiser les Jeux d'hiver de 2030 en Savoie ?". ouest-france.fr (in French). 29 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
24. ^ "Pyrenees-Barcelona bid for 2030 Winter Olympics officially scrapped after weeks of infighting". 22 June 2022.
25. ^ Kallas, Fernando (21 June 2022). "Spain withdraws bid for 2030 Winter Games due to political row". Reuters. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
26. ^ "Spain stops 2030 Winter Olympic bid; 3 main candidates remain". NBC Sports. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
27. ^ "La falta de acuerdo obliga al COE a no presentar la candidatura de los Juegos de Invierno 2030". Comité Olímpico Español. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
28. ^ "IOC reaches agreement for broadcast rights in Brazil with Grupo Globo through to 2032". International Olympic Committee. Olympic.org. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
29. ^ "CBC to remain Canada's home for Olympic coverage through 2032". CBC. Cbc.ca. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
30. ^ "IOC awards 2026-2032 broadcast rights in China". International Olympic Committee. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
31. ^ "IOC awards broadcast rights to the Japan Consortium through to 2032". IOC. Olympic.org. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
32. ^ "IOC awards 2026-2032 Olympic Games broadcast rights in Korea to JTBC". International Olympic Committee. Olympic.org. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
33. ^ "IOC awards Olympic Games broadcast rights to NBCUniversal through to 2032". International Olympic Committee. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

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