Barcelona Joins Conversation For Winter Olympic Host Options
Jan 11, 2020, 6:59 PM | Updated: 7:00 pm
A general view of downtown Salt Lake City at night during the Salt Lake Winter Olympics on February 23, 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Organizers have already secured 21,000 hotel rooms in and around Salt Lake for the 2034 games. (Photo by Brian Bahr)
(Photo by Brian Bahr)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC is in talks with three possible bidders to host the Winter Olympics in the future.
Former Winter Games hosts Salt Lake City and Sapporo were confirmed, along with 1992 Summer Games host Barcelona.
The Catalonian city would spread events across the Pyrenees region and look for venues outside Spain for sliding and ski jumping.
A new Olympic selection process keeps up a rolling dialogue with possible candidates who can now be selected many years in advance.
Previous hosting elections had to be seven years before the games.
The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics were awarded to the Gangwon region of South Korea.
