Calgary residents do not want to play 2026

The chances that the 2026 Winter Olympics in Calgary are organized are almost nil. In a referendum on the candidacy, 56% of voters said "no" to the plans. The municipality should take care of the result.

The Canadian Olympic Committee has already resigned to this result. "But we deeply regret that we have missed this opportunity to promote all of Canada and we would like to show the world how beautiful our culture is and that everyone would have benefited from it if we had organized the event. event." 19659002] The list of candidate cities for the organization of the Winter Games of 2026 is becoming smaller and smaller. Earlier this year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had seven other interested parties, but only Stockholm and the combined offer of the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina D'ampezzo remain.

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As in Calgary. in Switzerland, the population in a referendum against the Games of Zion. In Austria, Graz withdrew due to a lack of political support, the Japanese Sapporo decided to leave the race after an earthquake in the region and Turkey's candidacy for Erzurum was rejected by the IOC.

The IOC has the last of many years more likely to drop candidate cities. The organization of the Olympic Games costs more and more money and, for this reason, countries no longer seek to become hosts. Budapest, Hamburg and Rome, for example, were already back for the 2024 Olympics and Lviv, Krakow and Oslo were ahead of the 2022 Winter Games.

In June 2019, the IOC decided which city ​​award the Winter Games of 2026. The next Winter Games, those of 2022, will be held in Beijing.