Salt Lake City may bid for 2022 or 2026 Winter Olympic Games
An exploratory committee has been formulated in order to determine the feasibility of the Salt Lake City making the bid to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2022 or 2026.
The other two American cities that are interested in staging the Olympic Games in the same years are Reno as well as Denver.
Jon Killoran, who is the chief executive of the Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition, expressed himself on the matter in the following words, “The more the Olympics can be promoted in different cities and regions, the better. We’re patient. We’ll promote the
Olympic movement in our region and prepare ourselves in the eventuality that a bid possibility arises.”
As soon as the announcement came about the formulation of the committee to determine Salt Lake City’s chances, the other two competing cities, Reno and Denver gave their congratulations and expressed their good wishes for the endeavour. The committee examining
Utah’s bid into the bid consists of 14 members, as was announced by the Governor Gary Herbert.
On the other hand, the numbers of members that are looking into Denver entering the Olympic Games consist of 22 members.
Despite the fact that there is interest among the American cities to stage the Olympic Games, the US Olympic Committee has left no doubt that it would not forward the case of any American city to the International Olympic Committee until an ongoing matter
is resolved between the two parties. The matter under discussion between the IOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee is the distribution of revenue generated from the broadcast and sponsorship of the Olympic Games.
The talks between the two parties shave been going on for quite some time and progress has been made in the month of January however; a decision has not yet been reached.
In order to make the American cities participate in the bid for the Olympic Games, a decision is required to be taken by the next year.
The city of Utah has previously had the honour of hosting the Olympic Games back in the year 2002. Not only that, the Salt Lake City has been able to make profitable use of the Olympic venues since then.
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