An Olympics group came to Utah searching for 'white elephants' - venues built for a Games that have since been abandoned or are in disrepair. Instead, the Future Host Commission found vibrant facilities that left them wowed.
Members of the International Olympic Committee’s Future Host Commission, IOC, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic leaders and community tour the Utah Olympic Park in consideration for the 2034 Games in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
The golden tiger is considered a symbol of success and prosperity. And in a glowing post-venue-tour review Saturday, the commission indicated it expects exactly that from both Salt Lake City’s bid for the 2034 Olympics and the Games themselves. Fraser Bullock, the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, said commissioners raved to him about the venues. Over the four-day tour, the group visited the 13 sites in the venue plan the committee laid out in its official bid to the IOC in March. Some were facilities that will serve the same purpose they were built for during the 2002 Games, such as the Peaks Ice Arena in Provo for hockey competitions.
The commission gave no indication it would vote against Salt Lake City. In fact, it held the city up as an example for future hosts to follow. In addition to finding thriving, active venues instead of white elephants, the commission said it appreciated the development of the state’s youth sports programs and the enthusiasm of the public for the Games. According to one poll,Still, Christophe Dubi, the Olympic Games executive director, had some words of caution for local organizers.
Karl Stoss, chair of the Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games, Colin Hilton, Olympic Legacy Foundation president and CEO and Fraser Bullock, president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, from left, arrive for a tour of the Kearns Olympic Oval on Friday, April 12, 2024.
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