Olympic legend and skiing great Lindsey Vonn reveals on TODAY the hots cities for the 2030 and the 2034 winter Olympic Games — and one will be in the United States!
PARIS — The Winter Games will make a return visit to Salt Lake City in 2034 while the 2030 Olympics were tentatively set for the French Alps, officials said Wednesday. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and other organizing officials were in Paris this week, meeting with International Olympic Committee members and shoring up support for their bid to bring the Winter Games back to its 2002 site.
Hundreds of Utahans watched the announcement on big screen TVs at Washington Square Park and broke into wild cheers when the vote and announcement was made before dawn at 4:22 a.m. MDT. A cauldron was lit at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah to mark the games' return. 'It's a once in a generation opportunity,' said Visit Salt Lake President and CEO Kaitlin Eskelson. 'It's just a very exciting time and it's going to catapult us into that global stage.
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