Salt Lake City was the lone contender as climate change and high operational costs have reduced the number of cities willing and able to welcome the Winter Games.
United States' Shaun White trains before the men's halfpipe finals at the Winter Olympics in 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China.following a Wednesday vote by the International Olympic Committee in Paris, which gives Utah its second Games after hosting in 2002.— to celebrate the announcement. Large crowds were expected at the event that coincides with a state holiday marking the date Mormon pioneers discovered the Salt Lake Valley in northern Utah.
Local leaders had their sights set on hosting multiple times even before Salt Lake City welcomed its first Games, bid team spokesperson Tom Kelly said. Remnants of the 2002 Games are nestled throughout the city and have kept the Olympic fever alive for more than two decades.
American freestyle skier Christopher Lillis, a gold medalist at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, said the 2034 games would be a dream come true for young people with Olympic aspirations. Salt Lake City has grown a lot since 2010, when Lillis said his family started visiting, and it’s become more expensive. Lillis has been training at nearby Utah Olympic Park and said the sports facilities in the area are “top notch.
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