Salt Lake City Optimistic about Future Olympic Bid
Published at | Updated atKEARNS, Utah (AP) – Salt Lake City officials don’t know exactly when they will get to bid for another Winter Olympics, but the host city of the 2002 Games wants the world to know it is ready and willing whenever given a chance.
Several prominent figures gathered Thursday at the Olympic Oval speed skating facility in the Salt Lake City suburb of Kearns to unveil a $1.4 million solar project upgrade that they say illustrates a broader effort to not only keep using the facilities and venues from the 2002 Olympics, but upgrade them.
In the wake of growing reticence from European cities to spend the money to host future Olympics, Utah officials are feeling more optimistic that they could be a viable candidate to host the 2026 or 2030 Olympics.