By James Myers, OAN Staff
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 11:54 AM
Salt Lake City, Utah, will once again play host to the Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) formally selected the United States as the host of the 2034 Winter Olympics on Wednesday.
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The Utah capital had been under consideration as a possible site after the IOC awarded Salt Lake City exclusive negotiating rights last year.
Campaign leaders who presented their candidacy onstage to IOC members included Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Democratic Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and Olympic skiing legend Lindsey Vonn.
“I don’t know what the environment will be like from a political standpoint or the state of peace in the world,” Bonn said, “but I’m really excited about the way we can come together in Salt Lake. It’s going to be great.”
Salt Lake City last hosted the Olympics in 2002, and the city has maintained its Olympic fever for more than 20 years.
In their final presentation to the Olympic Committee on Wednesday morning, Salt Lake City’s bid team proposed the closest venue layout in Olympic history, with all events taking place within an hour’s drive of the athletes’ village on the University of Utah campus.
Additionally, the plan calls for no new permanent construction, with all 13 venues already in place – all were used when the city first hosted the event in 2002.
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