GBModerator Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 In a blow to Swiss Olympic, Switzerland’s governing sport body, funding for a bid by the Canton of Graubünden to host the Olympic Winter and Paralympic Games in 2026 was resoundingly rejected by a referendum held Saturday. For Graubünden, the rejection of the project by 60 per cent of the voters was an even bigger push-back than […] View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Yeah, the IOC can't be liking this at all, but I'm also not surprised. They really gotta be shaking in their boots now. I can't see Valais being all that positive about a 2026 bid, either. And is Innsbruck all that serious? I haven't heard too much about them lately, & the insidethegames article that talked about this Graubunden vote as well didn't mention Innsbruck at all over other potential bidders. And this isn't just isloated to the winter side, either. Obviously the summer side is starting to see the same downfall, too. And this latest tidbit from eastern Switzerland only reinforces that the IOC HAS to make inroads in Europe again ASAP, & only further cements Paris' 2024 chances. It's clearly a no brainer now. And this is all but only good news for a Calgary 2026 bid as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 And so it begins. No surprise here. I fully expect Sion will probably follow when a referendum comes up. If I'm the IOC right now, I'm working the phones with the Canadians to encourage them to get Calgary in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 16 hours ago, stryker said: And so it begins. No surprise here. I fully expect Sion will probably follow when a referendum comes up. If I'm the IOC right now, I'm working the phones with the Canadians to encourage them to get Calgary in. The IOC will probably deny any problems and happily announce "one of the strongest fields ever" once the candidatures from Almaty and erm...Almaty are on their desk at the end of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbernardini90 Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 I wonder whether we will ever see another European Winter Olympics in the coming years. Sion, Innsbruck and Stockholm could all fall apart. We could then already assign the next four olympics: Paris 2024 Calgary 2026 Los Angeles 2028 Sapporo 2030 Almaty would then become the ideal host for the next Winter Youth Olympics by following the statement that ""Youth Olympics should go to new places". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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