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The Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has appointed several new positions as the Utah region prepares to host the Games for the first time since 2002. Utah 2034 also announced that Catherine Raney Norman, who has served as vice president of development and athlete relations and been a key member […]
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There was no need to talk about a potential host or a candidate city. IOC President Thomas Bach made the proclamation in Paris: Salt Lake City will host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. City and state leaders, plus those who had shepherded the winning bid, spilled out into a mixed zone on July […]
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The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games officially submitted its bid to host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on Thursday to the International Olympic Committee with an eye toward being officially announced as the host for a future Games on July 24. The International Olympic Committee’s Future Host Commission invited Salt Lake […]
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Climate change and environmental impact are becoming necessary conversations in all walks of life and especially so when it comes to sports events in the Olympic and Paralympic movement. The issue is one that is being addressed within national governing bodies and from destinations that are factoring the climate into their event planning as a […]
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For the thousands of things an Olympic Games bid group must put together for the International Olympic Committee to take notice, there may be one key factor that is less high-profile than others. The IOC will never bring the Games to a site that lacks the venues, especially with its recent emphasis on venue sustainability. […]
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June 16, an historic day in Salt Lake’s Olympic history, could hold the keys this year to its Olympic future. It was on that day in 1995 that the Utah destination was awarded the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. This year, June 16 will be the second of two days of in-person meetings between […]
Continue ReadingThe increasingly competitive race to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has heated up with three International Olympic Committee representatives having visited Salt Lake City last week for a site visit before heading to Vancouver this week with another stop in Sapporo, Japan, scheduled for later in May. Observers expect the 2030 host […]
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