A new report finds Utah's demographic, social and environmental factors 'create a backdrop' for Utah to host the Winter Olympics again, either in 2030 or 2034.
SALT LAKE CITY — Fraser Bullock says the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games should have about 95% of its official proposal to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics ready by the end of next month.
"We are prepared as possible for when ... the IOC makes a decision," she said. "They have a really hard time saying no to us."a study the institute compiled last year Members of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games speak during the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute Newsmaker Breakfast at the Thomas S. Monson Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday.
"So that just sets the ground nicely for the huge need for volunteers to ... put on a successful Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games," Lloyd said. "When you look back at the 2002 Games, there was about $480 million put into capital expenditures — for buildings, for venues, for public roads. It's only expected to be about $23 million the next time around," Lloyd said. "It's a much smaller footprint on the environment."
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