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Bids for the 2030 Winter Olympics

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{{Infobox Olympic bid|2030|Winter|winner=French Alps|committee=IOC|decision=24 July 2024|session = 142nd IOC Session
Paris|Paralympics=Yes|main=Yes|votes1=84}}

The selection of the host for the 2030 Winter Olympics saw a new process being introduced from 2019. The bidding process saw the French Alps, France, chosen as the preferred and expected host that was officially certified by the IOC before the 2024 Summer Olympics on 24 July 2024 in Paris, France.

Bidding process

The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session on 24 June 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, were:{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/future-olympic-games-elections-to-be-more-flexible|title=Future Olympic Games elections to be more flexible|date=2 May 2019|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=14 January 2020|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422090142/https://www.olympic.org/news/future-olympic-games-elections-to-be-more-flexible|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/evolution-of-the-revolution-ioc-transforms-future-olympic-games-elections|title=Evolution of the revolution: IOC transforms future Olympic Games elections|date=26 June 2019|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=14 January 2020|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422022453/https://www.olympic.org/news/evolution-of-the-revolution-ioc-transforms-future-olympic-games-elections|url-status=live}}

  • Establish a permanent, ongoing dialogue to explore and create interest among cities/regions/countries and National Olympic Committees for any Olympic event
  • Create two Future Host Commissions (Summer and Winter Games) to oversee interest in future Olympic events and report to the IOC executive board
  • Give the IOC Session more influence by having non-executive board members form part of the Future Host Commissions.

The IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase its flexibility in choosing hosts by making the date of elections more flexible and allowing multiple cities, regions, or countries to host instead of only single cities, regions, or countries.

=Future host winter commissions=

The full composition of the winter commissions, which oversaw interested hosts or engage with potential hosts with which the IOC may want to create interest, was as follows:{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-members-kristin-kloster-aasen-and-octavian-morariu-lead-future-host-commissions|title=IOC Members Kristin Kloster Aasen and Octavian Morariu lead Future Host Commissions|date=3 October 2019|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=14 January 2020|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422045209/https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-members-kristin-kloster-aasen-and-octavian-morariu-lead-future-host-commissions|url-status=live}}

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=Dialogue stages=

According to the Future Host Commission's rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided into 2 dialogue stages:{{cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/News/2019/10/Future-Host-Commission-Terms-of-Reference-with-Rules-of-Conduct-ENG.pdf|title=Future Host Commissions: Terms of Reference|date=3 October 2019|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=14 January 2020|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627190340/https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/News/2019/10/Future-Host-Commission-Terms-of-Reference-with-Rules-of-Conduct-ENG.pdf|url-status=live}}

====Continuous dialogue====

Non-committal discussions between the IOC and interested parties (City/Region/Country/NOC interested in hosting) with regard to hosting future Olympic events.

During the Olympic Summit on 9 December 2022, the IOC informed that they remained in "Continuous Dialogue" with several well-developed projects by parties that had expressed interest in the 2030 Olympic Winter Games and with whom intense collaboration was ongoing. The Summit was also informed that the commission was looking into challenges and opportunities facing future Olympic Winter Games, such as the impact of climate change. A number of proposals that could have an impact on future elections were discussed, including rotation of the Games within a certain pool of hosts, minimum climate conditions, and existing infrastructure criteria.

Upon the request of the commission, the IOC Executive Board decided to give the Commission more time to study all these factors to make the best possible decisions about future hosting, including a revised 2030 election timeframe.{{cite web |title=Declaration of the 11th Olympic Summit |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/declaration-of-the-11th-olympic-summit |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621191450/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/declaration-of-the-11th-olympic-summit |url-status=live }}

====Targeted dialogue====

Targeted discussions with one or more interested parties (called preferred host(s)), as instructed by the IOC Executive Board. This follows a recommendation by the Future Host Commission as a result of continuous dialogue.

Following a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games, the IOC Executive Board (EB) on 29 November 2023 invited the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF) into "Targeted Dialogue" towards hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2030 in the French Alps.{{cite web |title=The French Alps and Salt Lake City-Utah invited into respective Targeted Dialogues to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2030 and 2034 |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/the-french-alps-and-salt-lake-city-utah-invited-into-respective-targeted-dialogues-to-host-the-olympic-and-paralympic-winter-games-2030-and-2034 |date=29 November 2023 |access-date=9 December 2023 |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207035739/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/the-french-alps-and-salt-lake-city-utah-invited-into-respective-targeted-dialogues-to-host-the-olympic-and-paralympic-winter-games-2030-and-2034 |url-status=live }}

=Host selection=

The French Alps was confirmed as host of the 2030 Winter Olympics at the 142nd IOC Session on 24 July 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.https://x.com/iocmedia/status/1816033398353215808

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+ 2030 Winter Olympics host city election
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French Alps

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Developments

The decision on the 2030 Winter Olympics host city was delayed until 24 July 2024, to allow the IOC more time to carefully plan the future of the Winter Olympics.{{cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=7 December 2022 |title=IOC pondering the idea of rotating host cities for Winter Olympics |url=https://dailyhive.com/canada/winter-olympics-rotating-host-cities |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=Daily Hive Vancouver |language=en |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209142946/https://dailyhive.com/canada/winter-olympics-rotating-host-cities |url-status=live }} Due to impacts from climate change and other economic factors, the IOC began studying a number of changes to future games, such as rotating host cities, limiting the games to existing or temporary venues, and establishing minimum average temperature requirements. It also considered awarding the 2030 and 2034 winter games simultaneously at the next IOC session, but IOC President Thomas Bach had ruled out that possibility because "it would not be the right thing to do."{{cite web |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=13 July 2022 |title=Bach downplays chance of 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics double award |url=http://insidethegames.biz/articles/1125621 |website=Inside the Games |access-date=6 November 2022 |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106101656/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1125621 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231015-ioc-session-backs-double-award-of-2030-and-2034-winter-games|title=IOC Session backs double award of 2030 and 2034 Winter Games|website=France 24|date=15 October 2023|access-date=9 November 2023|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109072511/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231015-ioc-session-backs-double-award-of-2030-and-2034-winter-games|url-status=live}}

=Bid details=

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! scope="col" | National Olympic Committee

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Salt Lake City

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| U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC)

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Stockholm–Åre

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| Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC)

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A collective bid from cities and cantons in Switzerland{{cite web |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=13 August 2023 |title=Switzerland reveal vision to become first "host country" of Winter Olympics |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139823/switzerland-host-country-winter-olympics |website=Inside the Games |access-date=26 August 2023 |archive-date=26 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826212049/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139823/switzerland-host-country-winter-olympics |url-status=live }}

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| Swiss Olympic Association (SOA)

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A joint bid from cities and regions at the French Alps

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| French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF)

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Cancelled and withdrawn bids

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! style="background-color: #BFD7FF" width="20%" | City

! style="background-color: #BFD7FF" width="20%" | Country

! style="background-color: #BFD7FF" width="25%" | National Olympic Committee

! style="background-color: #BFD7FF" width="15%" | Withdrawn Date

style="text-align:center" scope="row" |A three-country bid involving Lviv, an unknown city in Poland and Sigulda

! scope="row" | {{flag|Ukraine}}
{{flag|Poland}}
{{flag|Latvia}}

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOCU)
Polish Olympic Committee (PKOI)
Latvian Olympic Committee (LOK)

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | 2022

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In November 2019, the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Lviv announced that the city would bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2028 Winter Youth Olympics. The Nordic and ice sports would be staged in Poland, the bobsleigh and luge competitions in Sigulda, Latvia. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a bid was unlikely to progress.{{Cite web |date=2019-11-26 |title=Lviv Plans to Bid for 2030 Winter Olympics {{!}} Lviv Today |url=https://lvivtoday.com.ua/lviv-sports/5735 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126194307/https://lvivtoday.com.ua/lviv-sports/5735 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-11-26 |access-date=2024-05-17 }}

style="text-align:center" scope="row" | Barcelona and Zaragoza – Pyrenees

! scope="row" | {{flag|Spain}}

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | Spanish Olympic Committee (COE)

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | 21 June 2022

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On 21 June 2022, Spain's bid withdrew, due to a political row between autonomous communities: Catalonia and Aragon, where the Pyrenees mountain range extends.{{cite web |date=21 June 2022 |title=Spain stops 2030 Winter Olympic bid; 3 main candidates remain |url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/06/21/2030-winter-olympic-bids-spain-barcelona-pyrenees-2034 |website=NBC Sports |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105150313/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/06/21/2030-winter-olympic-bids-spain-barcelona-pyrenees-2034/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=21 June 2022 |title=La falta de acuerdo obliga al COE a no presentar la candidatura de los Juegos de Invierno 2030 |trans-title=Lack of agreement forces EOC not to submit 2030 Winter Games bid |url=http://coe.es/noticias/detalle-noticia/NEW-8f1d7aec-ff93-4887-8c1f-2c5094f3e2d9/la-falta-de-acuerdo-obliga-al-coe-a-no-presentar-la-candidatura-de-los-juegos-de-invierno-2030 |website=Comité Olímpico Español |language=es |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209065918/https://www.coe.es/noticias/detalle-noticia/NEW-8f1d7aec-ff93-4887-8c1f-2c5094f3e2d9/la-falta-de-acuerdo-obliga-al-coe-a-no-presentar-la-candidatura-de-los-juegos-de-invierno-2030/ |url-status=live }}

style="text-align:center" scope="row" | Vancouver, British Columbia

! scope="row" | {{flag|Canada}}

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | Canadian Olympic Committee (COC)

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | 27 October 2022

colspan=6|{{Main|Vancouver bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics}}

On 27 October 2022, the provincial government of British Columbia said that they would not support a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The government said it would put pressing priorities such as economic conditions and public interest over the Olympics. Vancouver hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics and it would have become the fifth city to host the Winter Olympics twice after St. Moritz, Innsbruck, Lake Placid and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Canada would join Italy and France as having hosted three Winter Olympics and one Summer Olympic Games had the bid succeeded.{{cite web |last=Grant |first=Josh |date=27 October 2022 |title=B.C. government says it won't support 2030 Winter Olympics bid |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2030-olympics-bc-government-will-not-support-1.6631883 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=CBC News |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028073211/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2030-olympics-bc-government-will-not-support-1.6631883 |url-status=live }}

style="text-align:center" scope="row" |A three-country bid involving the neighboring regions of Chamonix, Valais, and the Aosta Valley

! scope="row" | {{flag|France}}
{{flag|Switzerland}}
{{flag|Italy}}

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF)
Swiss Olympic Association (SOA)
Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI)

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | 4 January 2023

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On 4 January 2023, Swiss newspaper Le Temps reported that a bid was being prepared centred around Espace Mont-Blanc, a cross-border initiative with several Alpine regions, including Valais, Chamonix and the Aosta Valley.{{cite web |last=Roche |first=Lisa Riley |date=6 January 2023 |title=New 'European super bid' for 2030 Winter Olympics may be coming |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/50552474/new-european-super-bid-for-2030-winter-olympics-may-be-coming |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=KSL News |archive-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110210035/https://www.ksl.com/article/50552474/new-european-super-bid-for-2030-winter-olympics-may-be-coming |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Mackay |first=Duncan |date=4 January 2023 |title=Late bid for 2030 Winter Olympics involving Switzerland, France and Italy being investigated |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1132168/late-bid-for-2030-winter-olympics-mooted |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Inside the Games |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109042204/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1132168/late-bid-for-2030-winter-olympics-mooted |url-status=live }} However the next day Éric Fournier, Mayor of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, indicated that "the project of a cross-border candidacy for Olympic Games as relayed by certain media is not on the agenda", and that there was public opposition to the bid.{{cite web |last=Mackay |first=Duncan |date=5 January 2023 |title=Blow for IOC as Chamonix claim no interest in joint 2030 Winter Olympics bid |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1132190/chamonix-no-interest-2030-winter-olympic |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Inside the Games |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109164635/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1132190/chamonix-no-interest-2030-winter-olympic |url-status=live }} Chamonix hosted the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924, while Sion and Aosta made failed bids for the Winter Olympics.

style="text-align:center" scope="row" | Sapporo and Hokkaido Prefecture

! scope="row" | {{flag|Japan}}

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC)

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | 6 October 2023

colspan=6|{{Main|Sapporo bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics}}

In December 2022, Sapporo officials said that organizers would "discontinue for some time" while investigating the scandal relating to Tokyo 2020, but the bid would not be canceled.{{cite web |last=Livingstone |first=Robert |date=21 December 2022 |title=Sapporo suspends promotion of 2030 Winter Olympics bid to review, and survey public nationwide |url=https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/sapporo-suspends-promotion-of-2030-winter-olympics-bid-to-review-and-survey-public-nationwide/ |website=GamesBids |access-date=7 February 2023 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203001251/https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/sapporo-suspends-promotion-of-2030-winter-olympics-bid-to-review-and-survey-public-nationwide/ |url-status=live }} On 10 April 2023 Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita revealed that talks were set to get underway over possibly delaying Sapporo's bid from 2030 to 2034.{{cite web |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=10 April 2023 |title=Sapporo to consider delaying bid for Winter Olympics to 2034 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1135766/sapporo-to-consider-delaying-olympic-bid |work=Inside the Games |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410142037/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1135766/sapporo-to-consider-delaying-olympic-bid |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=30 June 2023 |title=Yamashita suggests Sapporo 2030 bid unlikely upon JOC re-election |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1138484/yasuhiro-yamashita-joc-sapporo-2030 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=Inside the Games |archive-date=25 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725195958/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1138484/yasuhiro-yamashita-joc-sapporo-2030 |url-status=live }} On 6 October 2023, Sapporo decided to walk away from bidding for 2030 altogether.{{cite web |last=Sankar |first=Vimal |date=6 October 2023 |title=Sapporo to ditch 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics bid |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141461/sapporo-abandon-2030-bid |work=Inside the Games |access-date=6 October 2023 |archive-date=9 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009073438/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141461/sapporo-abandon-2030-bid |url-status=live }}

Potential bids

  • {{flagicon|KAZ}} Almaty, Kazakhstan{{cite web |last=Butler |first=Nick |date=13 March 2018 |title=Kazakhstan decide not to bid for 2026 Winter Olympics but could be interested in 2030 |url=http://insidethegames.biz/articles/1062620 |website=Inside the Games |access-date=6 November 2022 |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106101656/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1062620 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://m.forbes.kz/life/opinion/winter_olympic_games_almaty-2030|title=Winter Olympic Games Almaty-2030|work=Forbes Life|date=3 October 2021|access-date=5 January 2022}}
  • {{flagicon|GEO}} Borjomi, Georgia{{cite web |date=25 April 2018 |title=The IOC supports Georgia's desire to adopt the 2030 Olympic Winter Games |url=https://1tv.ge/lang/en/news/ioc-supports-georgias-hosting-2030-winter-olympic-games/ |website=1TV |access-date=20 November 2022 |archive-date=20 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120011452/https://1tv.ge/lang/en/news/ioc-supports-georgias-hosting-2030-winter-olympic-games/ |url-status=live }}
  • {{flagicon|CAN}} Calgary, Canada{{cite web |last1=Tran |first1=Paula |title=Alberta government considering 2030 Olympics bid |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9176401/alberta-government-olympic-2030-bid/ |website=Global News |date=4 October 2022 |access-date=6 October 2022 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006092140/https://globalnews.ca/news/9176401/alberta-government-olympic-2030-bid/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last1=Imrie|first1=Diane|title=Recalling the Calgary Winter Olympic Games|url=https://www.chroniclejournal.com/sports/recalling-the-calgary-winter-olympic-games/article_de4998cc-b073-11ed-93e0-936f298ab411.html|website=The Chronicle Journal|date=19 February 2023|access-date=22 February 2023|archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222220104/https://www.chroniclejournal.com/sports/recalling-the-calgary-winter-olympic-games/article_de4998cc-b073-11ed-93e0-936f298ab411.html|url-status=live}}
  • {{flagicon|KSA}} Trojena, Saudi Arabia{{cite news|url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-sport/saudi-arabias-neom-linked-with-2030-winter-olympics-bid|title=Saudi Arabia's NEOM linked with 2030 Winter Olympics bid|newspaper=Arabian Business|date=15 February 2022|access-date=15 February 2023|archive-date=15 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215194755/https://www.arabianbusiness.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-sport/saudi-arabias-neom-linked-with-2030-winter-olympics-bid|url-status=live}}
  • {{flagicon|BIH}} Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina{{cite web |date=9 February 2022 |title=Sarajevo-Barcelona Winter Olympics joint candidacy slowly shaping up |url=https://ba.n1info.com/english/news/sarajevo-barcelona-winter-olympics-joint-candidacy-slowly-shaping-up/ |website=N1 Bosna i Hercegovina |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214125846/https://ba.n1info.com/english/news/sarajevo-barcelona-winter-olympics-joint-candidacy-slowly-shaping-up/ |url-status=live }}

Bidding parties

The three first potential submitting bidding parties were revealed by Octavian Morariu, the chair of the Future Host Winter Commission, during the 135th IOC Session at the SwissTech Convention Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland in January 2020. He mentioned Salt Lake City of the United States, Sapporo of Japan and a joint bid from the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Zaragoza at the Pyrenees region have conducted feasibility studies. In 2022, Spain withdrew their bid.{{cite web |last=Kallas |first=Fernando |date=21 June 2022 |title=Spain withdraws bid for 2030 Winter Games due to political row |url=http://reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/spain-withdraws-bid-2030-winter-games-due-political-row-2022-06-21 |website=Reuters |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024082433/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/spain-withdraws-bid-2030-winter-games-due-political-row-2022-06-21/ |url-status=live }} Vancouver, Canada, made a preliminary bid submission in February 2021, but withdrew in October 2022.{{cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=13 February 2021 |title=Vancouver would be a favourite to win 2030 Winter Olympics: Furlong {{!}} Urbanized |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-2030-winter-olympics-competition-bid-cities |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=Daily Hive Vancouver |language=en |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019061627/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-2030-winter-olympics-competition-bid-cities |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Larsen |first=Karin |date=19 February 2021 |title=Olympics? Commonwealth? Invictus? B.C. considering games bids to boost pandemic recovery |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/olympics-commonwealth-invictus-b-c-considering-games-bids-to-boost-pandemic-recovery-1.5918969 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=CBC News |archive-date=4 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004153041/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/olympics-commonwealth-invictus-b-c-considering-games-bids-to-boost-pandemic-recovery-1.5918969 |url-status=live }}

Media reported on 29 June 2023 that five countries had officially declared interest in hosting a future edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and that a sixth had expressed interest but had yet to enter into 'continuous dialogue'. IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi also confirmed the countries were:{{cite web |last=Livingstone |first=Robert |date=20 June 2023 |title=Five countries have 'declared' interest in hosting a future Winter Olympics, the IOC reports |url=https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/five-countries-have-declared-interest-in-hosting-a-future-winter-olympics-the-ioc-reports/ |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=GamesBids |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621070019/https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/five-countries-have-declared-interest-in-hosting-a-future-winter-olympics-the-ioc-reports/ |url-status=live }}

  • {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden
  • {{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland
  • {{flagicon|USA}} United States
  • {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada
  • {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan
  • {{flagicon|FRA}} France

=Stakeholders=

Stakeholders were those cities or regions that had expressed potential interest in hosting the Games. Seven National Olympic Committees had expressed interest, though Spain, Canada, and Japan later withdrew. The remaining four interested sites were as follows:

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style="background-color: #BFD7FF" width="20%" | City

! style="background-color: #BFD7FF" width="20%" | Country

! style="background-color: #BFD7FF" width="25%" | National Olympic Committee

style="text-align:center" scope="row" | Salt Lake City, Utah

! scope="row" | {{flag|United States}}

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC)

colspan="3" |{{Main|Salt Lake City bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics}}

Site of the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2002 Winter Paralympics and the 2007 Winter Deaflympics. The bid relied on existing infrastructure and private funding.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-29 |title=SLC named preferred host for '34 Winter Olympics |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2023/11/29/salt-lake-city-named-preferred-host-2034-winter-olympics |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Sports Business Journal |language=en |archive-date=January 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126033059/https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2023/11/29/salt-lake-city-named-preferred-host-2034-winter-olympics |url-status=live }}

In December 2018, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee named Salt Lake City, Utah, as U.S. choice for a future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games bid.{{cite web |last=Roche |first=Lisa Riley |date=15 December 2018 |title=Another Olympics in Utah? Salt Lake City selected as possible 2030 U.S. bid pick |url=https://www.deseret.com/2018/12/15/20661251/another-olympics-in-utah-salt-lake-city-selected-as-possible-2030-u-s-bid-pick |website=Deseret News |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928144937/https://www.deseret.com/2018/12/15/20661251/another-olympics-in-utah-salt-lake-city-selected-as-possible-2030-u-s-bid-pick |url-status=live }} The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games was formed in February 2020 to pursue a bid for 2030 or 2034 Games.{{cite web |last=Shefferd |first=Neil |date=12 February 2020 |title=Salt Lake City and Utah set up committee in preparation for bid to host another Winter Olympics |url=http://insidethegames.biz/articles/1090479 |website=Inside the Games |access-date=6 November 2022 |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106101700/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090479 |url-status=live }} The committee bolstered its engagement with athletes in governance in June 2021, naming four-time Olympic speed skater Catherine Raney-Norman as its chair.{{cite web |author=Traub, Matt |date=12 June 2021 |title=Four-time Olympian Catherine Raney-Norman Named Chair of Salt Lake City Olympic Bid Efforts |url=https://www.sportstravelmagazine.com/four-time-olympian-catherine-raney-norman-named-chair-of-salt-lake-city-olympic-bid-efforts/ |website=Sports Travel Magazine |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928150646/https://www.sportstravelmagazine.com/four-time-olympian-catherine-raney-norman-named-chair-of-salt-lake-city-olympic-bid-efforts/ |url-status=live }} In February 2020, following the announcement of Sapporo's bid, the organizing committee for the Salt Lake City bid considered moving their intention to bid for the 2034 Games as the Summer Games are scheduled for Los Angeles in 2028.{{cite web |date=12 February 2020 |title=Salt Lake City mulling 2034 Winter Olympics bid |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/28688033/salt-lake-city-ponders-2034-winter-olympics-bid-news-sapporo-interest-2030-games |access-date=14 June 2021 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213002542/https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/28688033/salt-lake-city-ponders-2034-winter-olympics-bid-news-sapporo-interest-2030-games |url-status=live }} At the first meeting in June 2021, the organizing committee considered whether it should change the bid for 2034.{{cite web |last=Cabrero |first=Alex |date=11 June 2021 |title=Committee To Decide On 2030 Or 2034 Bid For Olympics Return To Utah |url=https://ksltv.com/464110/committee-to-decide-on-2030-or-2034-bid-for-olympics-return-to-utah/? |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=KSLTV.com |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612075905/https://ksltv.com/464110/committee-to-decide-on-2030-or-2034-bid-for-olympics-return-to-utah/ |url-status=live }} The decision for Salt Lake City on the bidding for 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics was made after the 2022 Winter Paralympics ended. President and chief executive of the Salt Lake City bid committee Fraser Bullock mentioned that the small window between the Los Angeles 2028 and a potential Salt Lake City 2030 Games could be a real difficulty to manage and that the feasibility study for this was still ongoing.{{cite web |last=Houston |first=Michael |date=5 October 2021 |title=Salt Lake City decision on 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics could be made after Beijing 2022 |url=http://insidethegames.biz/articles/1113857 |website=Inside the Games |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220041725/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113857 |url-status=live }} The IOC sent a delegation to Salt Lake City, from 27 to 29 April 2022, to conduct an inspection and a technical site visit of the competitions, ceremonies and Olympic Village proposed venues.{{cite web |last=Houston |first=Michael |date=25 April 2022 |title=IOC set to visit Salt Lake City for 2030 Winter Olympics bid inspection |url=http://insidethegames.biz/articles/1122345 |website=Inside the Games |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520152031/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122345/ |url-status=live }} Bullock confirmed at a meeting on 1 November 2022 that "the upcoming process is focused on 2030 and [SLC] will fully participate in that process to hopefully get either the 2030 or 2034 Olympics".{{cite web |last=Perelman |first=Rich |date=3 November 2022 |title=TSX REPORT: IOC TV rights payments to federations revealed; Salt Lake City ready for 2030 bid; Qatar contracting influencers to come to World Cup |url=https://www.thesportsexaminer.com/tsx-report-ioc-tv-rights-payments-to-federations-revealed-salt-lake-city-ready-for-2030-bid-qatar-contracting-influencers-to-come-to-world-cup/ |access-date=5 November 2022 |website=The Sports Examiner |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105121737/https://www.thesportsexaminer.com/tsx-report-ioc-tv-rights-payments-to-federations-revealed-salt-lake-city-ready-for-2030-bid-qatar-contracting-influencers-to-come-to-world-cup/ |url-status=live }} On 29 November 2023, the IOC announced that it had initiated a targeted dialogue phase with the United States, designating it as the proposal most likely to be selected for 2034.{{cite web |date=29 November 2023 |title=The French Alps and Salt Lake City-Utah invited into respective Targeted Dialogues to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2030 and 2034 It celebrates 130th anniversary from the first olympics in St. Louis and United States in 1904. |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/the-french-alps-and-salt-lake-city-utah-invited-into-respective-targeted-dialogues-to-host-the-olympic-and-paralympic-winter-games-2030-and-2034 |access-date=29 November 2023 |website=International Olympic Committee |language=en |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129204000/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/the-french-alps-and-salt-lake-city-utah-invited-into-respective-targeted-dialogues-to-host-the-olympic-and-paralympic-winter-games-2030-and-2034 |url-status=live }}

style="text-align:center" scope="row" | Stockholm–Åre

! scope="row" | {{flag|Sweden}}

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK)

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Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and was the host city of the equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Stockholm and Åre previously bid for 2026 but lost out to Milano-Cortina, Italy. On 8 February 2023, the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) initiated a feasibility study regarding the Olympics and Paralympics in Sweden in 2030.{{cite web |author= |date=8 February 2023 |title=Inleder förstudie om OS och Paralympics 2030 |trans-title=Preliminary study on the 2030 Olympics and Paralympics launched |url=https://sok.se/pressmeddelanden/2023-02-08-inleder-forstudie-om-os-och-paralympics-2030.html |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=Swedish Olympic Committee |language=Swedish |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327113747/https://sok.se/pressmeddelanden/2023-02-08-inleder-forstudie-om-os-och-paralympics-2030.html |url-status=live }}

On 15 June 2023 SOK presented the feasibility study report. As a result, Sweden's united sports movement would continue with its work to arrange the Winter Games in Sweden in 2030.

The feasibility study's proposal for the same sports concept used for the failed bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics. With the ice sports and ceremonies in the Stockholm region, Nordic sports in Falun, snow sports shared by Åre and Östersund and sliding sports in Sigulda, Latvia or Lillehammer, Norway. For the Paralympics, some changes were proposed with the Nordic events to be moved to Östersund. Only existing venues and structures will be used, with the Olympic Villages as the only new work specific for the games. Seven out of ten Swedes thought that Sweden should apply for the Olympics and Paralympics in 2030 if the feasibility study showed that it was possible to implement sustainable, democratic, and cost-effective games.

The IOC was informed that SOK wanted to proceed to step two of the process and the IOC had welcomed SOK to the next phase, SOK President Hans von Uthmann confirmed. The conclusion results of the feasibility study was that Sweden was ready to move on to the next step in the process.{{cite web |date=15 June 2023 |title=En enad idrottsrörelse tar OS och Paralympics 2030 in i nästa fas |trans-title=A unified sports movement takes the 2030 Olympics and Paralympics into the next phase |url=https://sok.se/pressmeddelanden/2023-06-15-en-enad-idrottsrorelse-tar-os-och-paralympics-2030-in-i-nasta-fas.html |work=Swedish Olympic Committee |language=Swedish |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=15 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615164618/https://sok.se/pressmeddelanden/2023-06-15-en-enad-idrottsrorelse-tar-os-och-paralympics-2030-in-i-nasta-fas.html |url-status=live }} Stockholm would have become the second city after Beijing to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and the Swedish Government would announce their support for the bid on 13 November 2023.{{cite web |last=Picazo |first=Raúl Daffunchio |date=13 November 2023 |title=Sweden 2030: Government to Support Bid for Winter Olympic Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142459/sweden2030-winter-olympic-games |website=Inside the Games |access-date=14 November 2023 |archive-date=14 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114162103/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142459/sweden2030-winter-olympic-games |url-status=live }}

colspan="2" style="text-align:center" scope="row" |{{flag|Switzerland}} (host city was not specified)

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" |Swiss Olympic Association (SOA)

colspan="3" |Host country of the 1928 Olympic Winter Games, 1948 Olympic Winter Games and 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

The Swiss Olympic Association (AOS) confirmed that they were into the "continuous dialogue" of the "Future Host Process" on 30 March 2023. As part of the dialogue, AOS would examine whether the prerequisites for a possible Swiss Olympic bid were met. For AOS, it was clear that a new Swiss bid can only be considered after careful examination. A bid concept only had a chance if it was sustainable and the Games leave a legacy that goes beyond sport – to society, the economy and Switzerland as a location for innovation.{{cite web |author= |date=30 March 2023 |title=Swiss Olympic examine les conditions nécessaires à des Jeux d'hiver en Suisse conformément à sa stratégie |trans-title=Swiss Olympic examines the conditions required for the Winter Games in Switzerland in line with its strategy |url=https://swissolympic.ch/fr/news/news-details-sow?pageId=d60b0cb8-e9bf-44fe-9d6e-e423ddfced54&entryId=S192162 |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=Swiss Olympic |language=French |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330142614/https://www.swissolympic.ch/fr/news/news-details-sow?pageId=d60b0cb8-e9bf-44fe-9d6e-e423ddfced54&entryId=S192162 |url-status=live }} The event would have been spread out across the entire country and used existing facilities and infrastructure. Switzerland hosted the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, and the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. Sion had bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics but lost to Turin, Italy. On 18 October 2023 it was announced that Switzerland intended to bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |date=18 October 2023 |title=Hohe Zustimmung beim Volk – Swiss Olympic will Winterspiele 2030 in der Schweiz |trans-title=High popular approval - Swiss Olympic wants the 2030 Winter Games in Switzerland |url=https://www.watson.ch/!899162966 |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=Watson|language=de |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220041718/https://www.watson.ch/sport/wintersport/899162966-swiss-olympic-will-olympische-winterspiele-2030-in-die-schweiz-holen |url-status=live }} With the French and American bids having entered targeted dialogue phases, the IOC Executive Board would also invite the Switzerland bid to a "privileged dialogue" for potentially hosting the 2038 Winter Olympics, which would celebrate 90th anniversary from last hosted games in St. Moritz.{{cite web |last=Salguero |first=David Rubio |date=4 December 2023 |title=Switzerland now focuses on the 2038 Winter Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142785/switzerland-now-focuses-on-2038-games |website=Inside the Games |access-date=3 December 2023 |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203141348/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142785/switzerland-now-focuses-on-2038-games |url-status=live }}

style="text-align:center" scope="row" | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur–Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

! scope="row" | {{flag|France}}

! style="text-align:center" scope="row" | French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF)

colspan="3" |Host area of the 1924 Winter Olympic Games, 1968 Winter Olympic Games, and the 1992 Winter Olympic Games.

On 19 July 2023, the presidents of the regional councils of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Renaud Muselier and Laurent Wauquiez, expressed the wish to propose to the sports movement and the French Parliament to submit a joint bid to the IOC. The bid was determined to take into account the issues related to the preservation of biodiversity and the acceleration of global warming and to be part of a broader strategy on the winter sports of tomorrow, in the context of global warming. The Games plan is to use existing infrastructures, reduce organisational costs, and finance mainly through private revenues. Following the meeting of the presidents it was intended to transmit to the IOC the wish to open a formal dialogue phase, to submit a draft application to the CNOSF and the CNPSF and their legislative bodies in September, and to submit the project to the Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games in the second half of September 2023. {{cite web |title=CP-Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques d'hiver 2030 |trans-title=CP - 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games |url=https://cnosf.franceolympique.com/cnosf/actus/8859-cp---jeux-olympiques-et-paralympiques-dhiver-2030.html |access-date=19 July 2023 |website=Comité national olympique et sportif français |language=fr |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718221843/https://cnosf.franceolympique.com/cnosf/actus/8859-cp---jeux-olympiques-et-paralympiques-dhiver-2030.html |url-status=live }} On 29 November 2023, the IOC announced that it had initiated a targeted dialogue phase with France, designating it as the proposal most likely to be selected for 2030. It celebrates 130th anniversary from the first olympics in Paris and France in 1900.{{r|oly20231129}}

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