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Next stop for the IOC delegation that praised Utah's 2034 Winter Games bid? The French Alps
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 16 - 8:23 a.m.
The IOC's Future Host Commission that visited Utah last week heads to France next week to do the same for the proposed 2030 Winter Games venues.
Olympic Games delegation proclaims Utah 'a hidden gem'
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 13 - 3:47 p.m.
Wrapping up a four-day venue visit, members of an Olympic delegation on Saturday praised Utah's preparation for the 2034 Games.
IOC wraps up visit to Utah's proposed 2034 Olympic venues
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 12 - 10:41 p.m.
Members of the International Olympic Committee delegation continued visiting Utah venues to evaluate the readiness for a 2034 Winter Games.
Olympic officials see 'night and day' difference in Salt Lake City since 2002 Games
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted April 11 - 3:32 p.m.
Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi said there's a "night and day" difference in Salt Lake City since the 2002 Games at a panel with Olympic officials and local leaders.
What Olympic reps say are Salt Lake City's biggest advantage, challenge in hosting 2034 Games
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 10 - 7:03 p.m.
Members of the International Olympic Committee's Future Host Commission met with the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games on Wednesday ahead of a multiday tour of Utah facilities.
Why Salt Lake City's buildings will turn gold this week
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 9 - 8:34 p.m.
Utah's capital city is literally turning gold this week, as members of the International Olympic Committee tour the Beehive State.
An Olympic delegation will be in Utah this week to visit venues for 2034 Winter Games
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 9 - 2:09 p.m.
The delegation from the Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee that's headed to Utah this week to tour proposed venues for a 2034 Winter Games will be in France later this month to do the same for that country's 2030 Winter Games bid.
Mitt Romney: How federal spending could impact Utah's potential Olympic Games in 2034
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted April 5 - 3:08 p.m.
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said leaders should begin requesting funding from the federal government to help with security costs for the 2034 Olympic Games.
French split over whether Paris ready to host 2024 Summer Olympics
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 4 - 9:14 a.m.
More than half of the French believe Paris won't be ready to host the Olympics this summer, but voters on the left are more optimistic than those on the right, according to a new poll.
Committee identifies 13 Utah locations to serve as possible 2034 Winter Olympics venues
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted April 3 - 3:45 p.m.
Thirteen Utah venues have been identified as proposed Olympic venues as part of Utah's preferred host bid file for the 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Why there's new urgency in LA about hosting the 2028 Summer Games
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 24 - 5:35 p.m.
When Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sat down with her Parisian counterpart to talk about hosting the Summer Olympics, she came away with a "bracing reality check."
Gov. Cox hopes state can be a permanent host as part of possible Winter Games rotation
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 23 - 9:04 p.m.
The IOC's final vote on whether the 2034 Winter Games come to Salt Lake City is months away, but Gov. Spencer Cox is considering the prospects of Utah becoming a permanent host.
The latest on France's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 16 - 3:12 p.m.
Salt Lake City isn't the International Olympic Committee's only preferred host for an upcoming Winter Games. France's French Alps region is also in the final stages of the bid process for a Winter Games, putting together plans to host in 2030, four years sooner than Utah.
No new baseball stadium or hockey arena needed for another Utah Olympics, IOC says
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 13 - 1:27 p.m.
When the International Olympic Committee comes to Utah next month to inspect venues for a 2034 Winter Games, the possibility that Salt Lake City would get new multibillion-dollar baseball and hockey facilities if major league teams come to the state will no doubt be discussed.
International Olympic Committee coming to Utah to tour 2034 Winter Games venues
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 12 - 8:05 a.m.
A pair of International Olympic Committee officials heaped praise on Salt Lake City's bid for the 2034 Winter Games during a briefing Monday about their scheduled visit to Utah.
She's leaving the 'Louvre of skiing' in good hands
Lee Benson, Deseret News | Posted March 10 - 7:02 p.m.
In the beginning, Connie Nelson was just looking for a way to fund her habit. She was hooked on skiing, which lured her to the Utah mountains and she is bound to preserve its history.
Details of Utah's bid for the 2034 Olympics formally submitted by governor, mayor
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 29 - 9:07 p.m.
Key backers of Utah's bid to host the 2034 Winter Games gathered Thursday to send thousands of pages of details about their hosting plans to the International Olympic Committee.
Olympic weasels? New Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games mascots revealed
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 11 - 10:32 p.m.
The official mascots for the next Winter Games, being held two years from now in Milan-Cortina, Italy, will be a pair of, well, weasels known for their luxurious winter pelts, who hang out with a half-dozen snowdrops.
A lot of Utah hotel rooms are already booked for a 2034 Olympics — here's why
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 3 - 4:08 p.m.
More than 21,000 Utah hotel rooms are already booked for a 2034 Winter Games, including some that have yet to be built.
Millions requested to attract MLB, NHL, Olympics to Utah
Karah Brackin, KSL-TV | Posted Feb. 3 - 8:32 a.m.
The Utah Sports Commission has requested $4 million from the state to attract and host national and international sporting events.
'We will be ready' to host 2030 Winter Games, French official tells Utah's Olympic bidders
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 13 - 12:23 p.m.
The leader of one of the French Alps regions poised to stage the 2030 Winter Games has no doubt his country can pull it off, dismissing the idea that Salt Lake City, the preferred host for 2034, could be asked to step up sooner.
Could Olympics spark MLB, NHL and more for Utah? These experts believe so
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 12 - 9:26 p.m.
Some of Utah's biggest sports leaders gathered Friday to discuss the future of sports in Utah, which they say is growing in different ways because of the Winter Olympics.
What would a 2034 Olympics in Utah be like? Here's what the IOC says
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Jan. 2 - 1:15 p.m.
After more than a decade of trying, 2023 was the year when Utah appeared to have finally locked up another Olympics.
It's not only the Olympics that could be coming to Utah in 2034
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 27 - 4:16 p.m.
It's not just the Olympics that Utah may be hosting in 2034 — it's also the Paralympics.
