Local leaders are celebrating after Salt Lake was officially named the host city of the 2034 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.Gov. Spencer Cox expressed how
Local leaders are celebrating after Salt Lake was officially named the host city of the 2034 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney of the Utah Republican Party expressed his excitement to watch residents of the Beehive State demonstrate their “unique spirit of service and fellowship” to athletes, volunteers, and attendees from around the world once again.Members of the Governor's Office highlighted the success of the 2002 Winter Olympics hosted in Salt Lake, ringing in sales of more than 1.5 million tickets with over 70,000 fans in attendance per day.
After 32 years and more than a decade in the making, the Winter Games will return to Utah and will be held in America for the fifth time. Utah set Olympic attendance records in 2002, selling more than 1.5 million tickets, with more than 70,000 fans in attendance per day — the highest attendance ever for a Winter Games. In addition, the 2002 Games sold a greater percentage of the available tickets than any previous Winter or Summer Olympic Games. The 2002 Winter Games had 2.1 billion viewers in 160 countries and territories and amassed 13.1 billion viewer hours, breaking records for broadcast, ticketing and sponsorship at the time.
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