Salt Lake City has said it’s ready, able and willing to host another Olympic Games whenever called upon. But is the region willing to make a habit of it?
The Olympic cauldron is lit up on the 20-year anniversary of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. The International Olympic Committee announced on Dec. 6, 2022, that it would begin evaluating locations for a potential rotation of future host cities.Salt Lake City has said it’s ready, able and willing to host another Olympic Games whenever called upon.
Among the considerations the IOC may make in determining what sites it will select for the rotation — if it does go that route — is whether the average temperature at the site over the past 10 years has been at or below freezing. Fraser Bullock, the CEO and president of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, said his group had previously done an analysis of the state’s viability to host through 2050 and that it met “all of the criteria.
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