(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Crowds cheer as Salt Lake City is announced as hosts for the 2034 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City Hall, Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
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Check with seller Salt Lake City officially named 2034 Winter Olympics host by IOC New York City
Published date: July 26, 2024
- Location: New York City, New York, United States
Paris • Go ahead, throw on that old volunteer jacket, dust off the red beret and shine up those vintage pins.
The Winter Olympics will be in Utah once again.
“Finally,” said Fraser Bullock, the CEO and president of the Salt Lake City bid committee, “we’re back!”
On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee’s general assembly voted 83-6 to award the state the 2034 Games. It has long been considered an inevitability, given a public approval rating consistently measured near 80% and the plan to reuse all the facilities from the 2002 Games. However, the bid unexpectedly came under fire for actions the United States has taken in its independent investigation of a doping scandal surrounding China’s swimmers.
Until the final tally came in, local bid committee members were holding their breath
Then, they couldn’t hold back their tears.
“We no longer have to call it our ambition,” said Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, a member of the local bid committee’s delegation, speaking after to a watch party at a restaurant in Paris filled with cowbells and Utah Olympic royalty. “It is our mission.”
Organizers, state and city officials, donors and select athletes like two-sport Paralympian Dani Aravich and decorated speedskater Apolo Ohno celebrated the selection inside the Palais des Congrès in Paris. At the same time, nearly 3,000 Utahns gathered at Washington Square in Salt Lake City erupted over the news. Their revelry, which took place in the pre-dawn hours of the Pioneer Day holiday, was livestreamed into the IOC session.
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