Salt Lake City to host 2034 Winter Olympics

salt lake city, Utah will host the Winter Olympics in 2034. The International Olympic Committee announced the news Wednesday morning after a vote in Paris, where the Summer Olympics are being held, according to The Associated Press. The upcoming event will mark the second time the city has hosted the Winter Olympics since it previously hosted the world in 2002.

Although The app reports that expectations were high — with Salt Lake citizens dressed in ski gear (in July) awaiting the announcement at 3 a.m. local time — the city had sole negotiating rights over the price, making it the only capital under consideration for that year. Salt Lake, eager to host again, has retained the venues and other structures from the 2002 Games.

“Enthusiasm for the Games has always been our feeling, from the first minute to the last minute, in every interaction we've had, both at the venues and in our meetings with athletes, sports leaders, politicians and the private sector,” he said. Karl Stoss. The president of the future hosting committee of the International Olympic Committee, said in the announcement.

According AP, other cities declined to host the Winter Olympics due to climate change and fiscal concerns. Salt Lake City, however, gave the Commission plenty to work with, including a plan to keep all venues within an hour's drive of the University of Utah campus, where the athletes would reside. It has all 13 necessary spaces.

One condition the Olympic Committee gave the city was to ask local authorities to ease concerns about federal investigations into Chinese swimmers accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs. The request cited US presidents and Congress, AP he said, to send a message to the FBI to end an investigation. Utah Governor Spencer Cox agreed to the stipulation.

The announcement coincided with the state's commemoration of when Mormon explorers discovered the Salt Lake Valley. They included a drone show.

In other Olympic news, rapper Snoop Dogg had the rare honor of carrying the Olympic torch to Paris on Wednesday, bringing it through Saint-Denis.