Can Salt Lake Really Pull Off Another Olympics?

City Cast Salt Lake

Members of the International Olympic Committee are visiting Salt Lake this week before almost certainly awarding us the 2034 Winter Games. City and state leaders — and most Utahns! — are super hyped on the prospect of bringing another Olympics to our state. But not all SLC residents are convinced we need a do-over of the ‘02 games — including host Ali Vallarta. Catherine Raney-Norman, a four-time Olympian and chair of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, makes her case for bringing the Olympic dream back to our city.

This episode originally aired April 25, 2023.

Resources and references:

• ‘Like 50 Super Bowls:’ Romney says Utah should get ready now to host 2034 Olympic Games [Salt Lake Tribune]
• The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of the Hoberman Arch [City Cast Salt Lake]
• Now more than 80% of Utahns want to host another Olympics, poll shows [Deseret News]

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