2030 Winter Olympics

The 2030 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXVI Olympic Winter Games, is an upcoming international multi-sport event. It will be organised in a city designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The winning bid for the host city will be announced at the 140th IOC Session in Mumbai, India, in 2023.

XXVI Olympic Winter Games
Host cityTBD
Opening8 February
Closing24 February
Winter
← Milano–Cortina 2026 2034 →
Summer
← Los Angeles 2028 2032 →

Bidding process

The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session on 24 June 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are:[1][2]

  • Establish a permanent, ongoing dialogue to explore and create interest among cities/regions/countries and National Olympic Committees for any Olympic event
  • Create two Future Host Commissions (Summer and Winter Games) to oversee interest in future Olympic events and report to the IOC executive board
  • Give the IOC Session more influence by having non-executive board members form part of the Future Host Commissions.

The IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase its flexibility by removing the date of election from 7 years before the games, and changing the host as a city from a single city/region/country to multiple cities, regions, or countries.

Future Host Winter Commissions

The full composition of the Winter Commissions, overseeing interested hosts or with potential hosts where the IOC may want to focus on, is as follows:[3]

Future Host Winter Commissions for 2030 Winter Olympics
IOC members (4) Other members (4)

Dialogue stages

According to Future Host Commission terms of reference with rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided to 2 dialogue stages are[4]

  • Continuous Dialogue: Non-committal discussions between the IOC and Interested Parties (City/Region/Country/NOC interested in hosting) with regard to hosting future Olympic events.
  • Targeted Dialogue: Targeted discussions with one or more Interested Parties (called Preferred Host(s)), as instructed by the IOC Executive Board. This follows a recommendation by the Future Host Commission as a result of Continuous Dialogue.

Bidding parties

The three potential bidding parties were revealed by Octavian Morariu, chair of Future Host Winter Commission, during 135th IOC Session at SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland. He mentioned Sapporo of Japan is the furthest advanced of the three possible candidatures. While, Salt Lake City of the United States, and a joint bid from Barcelona and the Pyrenees region have conducted feasibility studies.

Stakeholders

Stakeholders are those cities or regions that have expressed potential interests in hosting the Games. To date, five National Olympic Committees have expressed their interests. They are:

Bid details
Bid Party Country National Olympic Committee Bid Committee Website Status
Sapporo  Japan Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Stakeholders
Salt Lake City  United States United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Stakeholders
Barcelona–Pyrenees  Spain,  Andorra and  France Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) Stakeholders

Potential bids

Europe

North America
Vancouver is looking to submit a 2030 bid. This effort is being spearheaded by VANOC ex-CEO John Furlong.[6] Vancouver previously hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Cancelled or rejected bids

North America
Quebec City was considering a 2030 bid. The project was handled by businessman Marc Charest.[7] Quebec City never hosted the Winter Olympics. However, on November 24, the mayor of Quebec Régis Labeaume rejected the proposition for 2030. In reaction to the mayor's remarks, the Canadian Olympic Committee does not intend to support Quebec's candidacy for the 2030 Olympic Games but, do not reject to do it for a future game.

Broadcasting rights

References
  1. "Future Olympic Games elections to be more flexible". International Olympic Committee. 2 May 2019.
  2. "Evolution of the revolution: IOC transforms future Olympic Games elections". International Olympic Committee. 26 June 2019.
  3. "IOC Members Kristin Kloster Aasen and Octavian Morariu lead Future Host Commissions". International Olympic Committee. 3 October 2019.
  4. "Future Host Commissions: Terms of Reference" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 3 October 2019.
  5. "Lviv Plans to Bid for 2030 Winter Olympics". Lviv Today. November 2019.
  6. "Vancouver 2030 Olympics 'in our grasp': former VANOC CEO John Furlong". CTV News BC. 20 February 2020.
  7. "Un comité pour les JO à Québec en 2030". RDS/RDS.ca. 23 November 2020.
  8. "IOC reaches agreement for broadcast rights in Brazil with Grupo Globo through to 2032". International Olympic Committee. Olympic.org. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  9. "IOC awards broadcast rights to the Japan Consortium through to 2032". IOC. Olympic.org. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  10. "IOC awards 2026-2032 Olympic Games broadcast rights in Korea to JTBC". International Olympic Committee. Olympic.org. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  11. "IOC awards Olympic Games broadcast rights to NBCUniversal through to 2032". International Olympic Committee. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
Preceded by
Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo		 Winter Olympic Games
Host City
XXVI Olympiad (2030)		 Succeeded by
TBD
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