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2034 Winter Olympics Open
The 2034 Winter Olympics, officially the XXVII Olympic Winter Games, and branded as Utah 2034, is a future international multi-sport event scheduled to take place in the U.S. state of Utah from February 10 to 26, 2034. The pin sits at Rice–Eccles Stadium.
- The XXVII Olympic Winter Games, branded Utah 2034, are scheduled for Utah from February 10 to 26, 2034, opening February 10 and closing February 26[1]
- Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City hosts the opening and closing ceremonies, a role it reprises from the 2002 Winter Olympics, whose ceremonies it staged on February 8 and February 24, 2002[1][2]
- The two links give the stadium different sizes: the Games venue table lists Rice-Eccles at 51,444, while the stadium’s own article gives a current capacity of 54,383 since 2024 (up from 45,807 in 2014-2020) and a record attendance of 54,383 against BYU in 2024 — the 51,444 figure matches a 2010 report of a possible expansion, not the built stadium[1][2]
- Salt Lake City was elected host at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris on July 24, 2024, by 83 votes to 6 with 6 abstentions, after the IOC Executive Board named it the sole preferred candidate in targeted dialogue on November 29, 2023[1]
- These will be the fifth Winter Olympics and tenth Olympics overall hosted by the United States, and the first Olympics in the US branded under a host state rather than a city[1]
- The Future Host Commission estimated the privately funded Games would cost $3.9 billion, against the record $51 billion Sochi spent twenty years earlier[1]
- The Games will use nearly all the 2002 venues, with changes: alpine skiing at Snowbasin only, big air at a temporary ‘Block 85’ venue in downtown Salt Lake City, ice hockey finals at Delta Center with figure skating and short track moving to Maverik Center, and curling on a temporary rink at the Salt Palace instead of Ogden[1]
- Salt Lake City earmarked US$900 million to renovate Delta Center and build a surrounding sports and entertainment district by October 2027, including seating-bowl work to reach 17,000 hockey seats with unobstructed views — though the same article’s venue table still lists Delta Center at 16,070[1]
- The branding changed after the bid: originally billed as Salt Lake City-Utah 2034, a new provisional emblem unveiled on November 24, 2025 shortened it to Utah 2034; Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall said it ‘hurt’ for the city to be left out of the name but that the city ‘always will be’ an Olympic city[1]
- The host contract carries a termination clause requiring Utah to accept that the IOC may end the contract ‘in cases where the supreme authority of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the fight against doping is not fully respected’; IOC president Thomas Bach has downplayed its gravity[1]
- US broadcast rights run through 2036: on March 13, 2025 the IOC announced Comcast as a ‘strategic partner’, renewing NBCUniversal’s rights in a deal valued at US$3 billion[1]
- Before the Games the stadium also hosts the 2027 NHL Winter Classic, announced on January 7, 2026, with the Utah Mammoth facing the Colorado Avalanche[2]
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- [1]75%en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2034_Winter_Olympicsen.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 20, 2026· Starts Feb 10, 2034 ✓· Ends Feb 26, 2034 ✓· 50% of score
Wikipedia's[2] article dates it "from February 10 to 26, 2034".
- [2]80%Rice–Eccles Stadium - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 20, 2026· 50% of score
The ground this pin is placed at, the announced opening venue; its article carries the coordinates and capacity.[1]
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