Olympic Bid

During his visit to Utah, IOC President Thomas Bach hoped to ease worries that Salt Lake City could lose the 2034 Winter Olympics if organizers don’t fulfill an agreement to play peacemaker between anti-doping authorities.

Instead of reexamining a drug-fighting law that Olympic leaders don’t like, a bipartisan group in Congress is proposing a new bill that would hold back funding for the World Anti-Doping Agency if it doesn’t do its job better.

After having a rough go during her competition days, Vonn is taking on the responsibility for the planned family village at the Olympics 10 years from now.

The International Olympic Committee said Utah could remain the host of the 2034 Winter Games if they didn’t undermine the World Anti-Doping Agency.

They’ve been going at it for decades. The tension reached a new level when the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City but inserted contract language demanding its leaders pressure the U.S. government to lobby against a anti-conspiracy law passed in 2020.

Although the state has changed a lot since it first hosted the Games in 2002, people say Utah knows what to expect this time around.

Salt Lake City’s final approval in a vote by International Olympic Committee members will bring back the Winter Games 32 years after first hosting in 2002.

What was the mood back in 1995 when Utah found out it would host the 2002 Winter Olympics? We asked longtime Salt Laker, and retired NPR national correspondent, Howard Berkes to walk us down memory lane.

The International Olympic Committee says voting to confirm the expected Winter Games hosts for 2030 and 2034, the French Alps and Salt Lake City, respectively, is still the plan on July 24 in Paris.

Even though there will be 40% more events than the last time Salt Lake City hosted the games, organizers for the proposed 2034 Winter Olympics said the number for operational costs for 2034 is 1% lower than the same cost of 2002, when the dollars are adjusted for inflation.

Although the latest version of UTA Moves 2050 does not mention the Olympics, that’s not to say officials aren’t thinking about how the Winter Games could influence public transit.

Clues as to what assurances the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games will give the IOC may lie in a bill the governor signed in 2023.