2034 Winter Olympics facts for kids
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| Host city | Salt Lake City, United States | ||
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| Opening | February 10, 2034 | ||
| Closing | February 26, 2034 | ||
| Stadium | Rice–Eccles Stadium | ||
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The 2034 Winter Olympics, officially known as XXVII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Salt Lake City 2034, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from February 10–26, 2034. Salt Lake City was elected at the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 142nd Session in Paris on July 24, 2024, two days before the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
They will mark the fifth Winter Olympics and the tenth Olympics overall to be hosted by the United States. Salt Lake City previously hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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Bidding process
The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session on June 24, 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are:
- Establish a permanent, ongoing dialogue to explore and create interest among cities/regions/countries and National Olympic Committees for any Olympic event
- Create two Future Host Commissions (Summer and Winter Games) to oversee interest in future Olympic events and report to the IOC executive board
- Give the IOC Session more influence by having non-executive board members form part of the Future Host Commissions.
The IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase its flexibility by removing the date of election from 7 years before the games, and changing the host from a single city/region/country to multiple cities, regions, or countries.
According to the Future Host Commission's rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided into 2 dialogue stages:
- Continuous dialogue involving non-committal discussions between the IOC and interested parties (City/Region/Country/NOC interested in hosting) with regard to hosting future Olympic events.
- Targeted dialogue with one or more interested parties (called preferred host(s)), as instructed by the IOC Executive Board. This follows a recommendation by the Future Host Commission as a result of continuous dialogue. Following a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games, the IOC Executive Board (EB) on 29 November 2023 invited the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) into "Targeted Dialogue" towards hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2034 in Salt Lake City.
Host selection
Salt Lake City–Utah was confirmed as host of the 2034 Winter Olympics at the 142nd IOC Session on July 24, 2024 in Paris, France. As per the new format of choosing future Olympic Games host cities from the IOC's Agenda 2020, the vote was in a form of a referendum to the 95 IOC delegates. Like the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics were awarded simutaneously; the first to France and the second to the United States.
| City | NOC name | Yes | No | Abs |
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| Salt Lake City–Utah |  United States |
83 | 6 | 6 |
Development and preparation
A decision on the 2034 Winter Olympics host city was delayed until July 24, 2024, to allow the IOC more time to carefully plan the future of the Winter Olympics. However, at the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai, where these games were originally set to be awarded, the IOC approved to award both the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris on the eve of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Venues
The majority of the venues were previously used during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Salt Lake City Cluster
- Rice–Eccles Stadium – Opening & Closing Ceremony
- Delta Center – Figure Skating, Short track speed skating
- Maverik Center – Ice hockey
- Utah Olympic Oval – Speed skating
- Olympic Medals Plaza – Big Air
Ogden Cluster
- Weber County Ice Sheet – Curling
- Snowbasin Resort – Alpine Skiing
Mountain Cluster
- Soldier Hollow – Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing
- Utah Olympic Sliding Centre – Bob, Skeleton, Luge
- Utah Olympic Park Jumps – Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined
- Deer Valley Resort – Aerials, Moguls
- Utah Olympic Track – Ski Cross, Snowboard Cross, Parallel giant slalom
- Park City – Halfpipe, Slopestyle
Other Venues
- Peaks Ice Arena – Ice hockey
Broadcasting
The broadcasting rights to these games will be announced at a later date as all of the IOC's contracts are currently set to end after the 2032 Summer Olympics.
