| Location: | Salt Lake City, United States |
| Opening: | 10 February 2034 |
| Closing: | 26 February 2034 |
| Opened By: | President of the United States (expected) |
| Stadium: | Rice–Eccles Stadium |
| Winter Prev: | French Alps 2030 |
| Winter Next: | TBD 2038 |
| Summer Prev: | Brisbane 2032 |
| Summer Next: | TBD 2036 |
The 2034 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXVII Olympic Winter Games and branded as Salt Lake City–Utah 2034, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area of Utah in the United States, from February 10–26, 2034.[1] The Salt Lake City, Utah bid was elected at the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 142nd Session in Paris on July 24, 2024, two days before the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]
These will be the fifth Winter Olympics (and tenth overall) to be hosted by the United States. Salt Lake City previously hosted in 2002 and will become the fifth city to host multiple Winter Olympics, after St. Moritz (1928, 1948), Lake Placid (1932, 1980), Innsbruck (1964, 1976), and Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956, 2026 (with Milan)).
The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session on June 24, 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are:[3] [4]
The IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase its flexibility by removing the date of election from seven years before the games, and changing the host from a single city/region/country to multiple cities, regions, or countries.
According to the Future Host Commission's rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided into two dialogue stages:[5]
Salt Lake City was confirmed as host of the 2034 Winter Olympics at the 142nd IOC Session on July 24, 2024 in Paris, France. As per the new format of choosing future Olympic Games host cities from the IOC's Agenda 2020, the vote was in a form of a referendum to the 95 IOC delegates.[7] Like the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics were awarded simultaneously; the first to France and the second to the United States.
| + 2034 Winter Olympics host city election | |||||
| City | NOC name | Yes | No | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City | 83 | 6 | 6 |
The IOC insisted that Salt Lake City agree that it may "terminate Olympic host city contracts in cases where the supreme authority of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the fight against doping is not fully respected or if the application of the world antidoping code is hindered or undermined." This was intended to undermine the United States Department of Justice's criminal investigation into the allegations that the World Anti-Doping Agency failed to sanction and covered up drug use by Chinese swimmers.[8] [9]
A decision on the 2034 Winter Olympics host city was delayed until July 24, 2024, to allow the IOC more time to carefully plan the future of the Winter Olympics.[10] However, at the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai, where these games were originally set to be awarded, the IOC approved to award both the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris on the eve of the 2024 Summer Olympics.[11]
In Spring 2024, the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League were deactivated and its players and personnel were transferred to a new expansion team in Salt Lake City.[12] This would thus make the 2034 Games the second Winter Olympics to take place in a city with an NHL team since NHL players were introduced in 1998, following the 2010 edition in Vancouver.
See also: Venues of the 2002 Winter Olympics. All competition venues are existing ones and were previously used for the 2002 Winter Olympics.[13] [14]
| Venue | Events | Capacity | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice–Eccles Stadium | Opening and Closing Ceremonies | 53,644 | Existing | |
| Delta Center (as Salt Lake Ice Center) | Figure skating | 16,070 | ||
| Short track speed skating | ||||
| Maverik Center | Ice hockey | 10,100 | ||
| Utah Olympic Oval | Speed skating | 7,500 | Existing, renovated | |
| Olympic Medals Plaza | Snowboarding (big air) | 25,000 | Temporary | |
| Freestyle skiing (big air) | ||||
| Salt Palace | International Broadcast Center | N/A | Existing |
| Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ice Sheet at Ogden | Curling | 6,500 | Existing |
| Snowbasin Resort | Alpine skiing | 19,000 |
| Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier Hollow | Biathlon | 15,000 | Existing, renovated |
| Cross-country skiing | |||
| Nordic combined | |||
| Utah Olympic Park Track | Bobsleigh | 12,000 | |
| Luge | |||
| Skeleton | |||
| Utah Olympic Park Jumps | Ski jumping | 15,000 | |
| Nordic combined | |||
| Utah Olympic Park | Snowboarding (cross/parallel) | 8,000 | Existing |
| Freestyle skiing (cross) | |||
| Deer Valley | Freestyle skiing (aerials/moguls) | 12,000 | |
| Park City | Snowboarding (halfpipe/slopestyle) | 15,000 | |
| Freestyle skiing (halfpipe/slopestyle) |
Domestically, NBCUniversal's ongoing agreement with the IOC expires at the end of the 2032 Summer Olympics. Reuters reported in 2022 that the IOC would wait "for the best market conditions" for the 2034 Games and beyond.[15]
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