

2030 Olympics Heading to France, 2034 To Utah, Probably
France is the ‘preferred candidate’ to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. Salt Lake City has been announced as likely 2034 hosts and a Swiss bid looks most likely to finally the winner in the contest to host the 2038 Games. The IOC have been grappling with how to plan for future Winter Olympics due to the impact of climate change with ideas including rotating host cities, limiting the games to existing or temporary venues, and establishing minimum average temperature requirements. They’ve previously stated they think that only 10 countries will be capable of hosting the games after 2040 due to the impact of climate change and had previously delayed a decision on the 2030 hosts. The French bid has been