Vancouver bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics
The Vancouver bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics is a proposed bid to bring the 2030 Winter Olympics to the city of Vancouver, Canada.[1] Canada previously hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics.
| Overview | |
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| XXVI Olympic Winter Games XV Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Details | |
| City | Vancouver, Canada |
| NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) |
| Previous Games hosted | |
| 2010 Winter Olympics | |
In May 2014, with many potential candidates withdrew their bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics, the idea for Vancouver hosting another Olympics began floating around. At that time, Stockholm and Krakow already withdrew their bids, along with Munich and St. Moritz got a negative referendum for their candidacies. Given Lviv's candidacy to be eliminated due to political crisis, this meant Oslo would have been the only possible choice. However, on 1 October, Oslo withdrew as well. This raised a question about whether Almaty and Beijing can be selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Due to the troubled bidding process, some were wondering a recent host such as Vancouver should replace the original host, Oslo to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, similar to the case where Innsbruck, the host of 1964 Winter Olympics, replaced Denver to host the 1976 Winter Olympics.
In essence, proponents for Vancouver 2030 are pitching the strengths of reusing the sports venues, facilities, and infrastructure built for the 2010 Winter Games, and tapping into the strong sports hosting experience legacy — the know-how that led to Vancouver's roles in hosting the annual World Rugby's Canada Sevens, 2019 IIHF World Juniors, and its central role in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Based on the letters, the COC appears to acknowledge all of these advantages as the basis for its strong preference to consider a Vancouver bid.
The arguments in favour of exploring this possibility include the ability to use existing infrastructure from the 2010 Games, the influx of government funding that would create new infrastructure projects and economic and social benefits that would come with hosting a large-scale international event again.[2]
Vancouver 2010 is regarded as a highly successful Winter Games both domestically and internationally that established a positive post-Games legacy of ensuring the new sports venues would not go under-utilized. Vancouver also had been named the greenest city in the world in 2020.[3]
In October 2021, it was revealed only 43% of people in British Columbia supported the bid, a huge drop from 60% a year earlier.[4]
References
- Morris, Jim (30 November 2020). "Vancouver mayor wants Indigenous leaders to head possible 2030 Olympic bid". CBC Sports. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "The 10th Anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympic games: Will Vancouver bid to host the Summer Olympics on 2030". Drishti Magazine. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- "Vancouver aimed to be the greenest city in the world by 2020. What happened? | Canada's National Observer: News & Analysis". nationalobserver.com. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- Berkeley, Geoff (26 October 2021). "Public support for 2030 Winter Olympics in Vancouver falling, survey says". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 December 2021.