ghost1 Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Sofia to Bid for 2018 Winter OlympicsTwo years after suffering a crushing defeat in its bid for hosting the Winter Olympic Games in 2014, Bulgaria has flaunted confidence it stands a chance to win the race for hosting the 2018 Olympics. "Bulgaria will submit a new bid to host the Winter Olympic Games," the chairwoman of the sports state agency Vessela Lecheva announced. "The capital Sofia needs to have at least one project for a multifunctional hall if we want to stand a bigger chance to be approved in ten years," Sofia chief architect Petar Dikov said. The hall will have a capacity for 10,000 people and will be constructed near the capital's busiest thoroughfare Tsarigradsko Shosse, fully funded by the state. Construction costs are estimated at between EUR 60-100 M. Bulgaria's capital Sofia was kicked out of the race for hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in June 2006 after the International Olympic Committee shortlisted three of the candidates and eventually picked the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. That was Bulgaria's third unsuccessful candidature for Winter Olympics. The country tried its chance for the first time in 1992, when France's Albertville finally won. In 1994 Bulgaria was closest to the host dream, but was short of 16 votes only to defeat Norway's Lillehammer. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm Jeremie Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Bad timing. Sofia hosting just after Sochi is unlikely. And Sofia was the first city to get eliminated during the vote for 94... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 First Bukovel (Ukraine), now Sofia. Do they really think they have a chance? What is it about the timing of their bids they don't get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost1 Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Bulgaria to bid for 2018 Winter OlympicsSOFIA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Sofia, Bulgaria's capital, will submit a new bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the chairwoman of the State Agency for Youth and Sports Vessela Lecheva announced Wednesday. Two years after suffering a crushing defeat in its bid for hosting the Winter Olympic Games in 2014, Bulgaria has flaunted confidence that it has a chance to win the race for hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics. "The capital Sofia needs to have at least one project for a multifunctional hall if we want to stand a bigger chance to be approved in ten years," Sofia chief architect Peter Dikov said. The hall will have a capacity for 10,000 people and will be constructed near the capital's busiest thoroughfare Tsarigradsko Shosse, fully funded by the state. Construction fees are estimated at between 60 million and 100 million euro. Sofia was kicked out of the race for hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in June 2006 after the International Olympic Committee short listed three of the candidates and eventually picked the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. That was Bulgaria's third unsuccessful candidature for the Winter Olympics. The country tried its chance for the first time in 1992, when France's Albertville finally won. In 1994 Bulgaria was closest to the host dream, but was short of 16 votes only to defeat Norway's Lillehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Looks like Sofia wants to become the Istanbul of *Winter* bids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost1 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Something may happen here soon. The spelling isn't correct, but it may not be the official site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord David Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Looks like Sofia wants to become the Istanbul of *Winter* bids. I suppose they'd be wanting to well in advance build venues such as the sliding track and ski jump to show they're ready? Perhaps even throw in an unused athlete's village built for the bid, but vacant for like 20+ years due to being unused until Sofia finally wins the Winter Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost1 Posted May 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 A historic decision for Bulgarian sport was announced today: Bulgaria hosts first women's World Cup ski racesReuters May 28 - Sports news in brief from around the world: Alpine skiing - Bulgarian ski resort of Bansko will host two women's World Cup races in 2009, the first time the country has hosted the competition. Bansko, a southwestern town with a population of fewer than 10,000, will host a downhill on Feb. 28 and a Super-G on March 1 next year. Bansko Hosts Alpine Ski World Cup Next YearNews.bg Bansko received two starts for the Alpine Ski World Cup. This was announced by the Technical committee of the world ski federation at a Congress in Cape Town (South Africa). The most progressive mountain resort in Europe will host the slalom for women on February 28 next year and the super giant slalom in ladies again one day later. Bulgaria's Bansko was preferred before the Italian Tarvisio winter resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm Jeremie Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 This is definitely a great news for any future Bulgarian bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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