Reno-Tahoe area no longer in the running to host 2030 Winter Olympics

On Monday, the Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition (RTWGC) announced it has officially declined an invitation to bid for a future Winter Olympics. With their departure, Salt Lake City and Denver remain as the last two selected finalists by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to be a future bid city.

They had a deadline of November 9, 2018 to submit responses to a detailed workbook covering the areas of bid vision, venue planning, transportation planning, security, budgets and public engagements among other topics.

"We have maintained from the start that a Reno-Tahoe bid would have to make sense economically, environmentally and socially”, said Brian Krolicki, Stateline resident and RTWGC Board Chairman. “Given the parameters and conditions presented, we cannot make the numbers pass muster. To continue, at this point, would be untenable and unwise”.

"We have always spoken of the value of the process.”, said RTWGC CEO Jon Killoran. “Over the past decade the pursuit of our Olympic and Paralympic Games dream opened the door to host World Championships, World Congresses of Sport, World Cup events and other elite competitions, which would not have been possible without the tireless work of our board, staff, donors and stakeholders to raise the world-wide awareness of the Reno-Tahoe, Las Vegas and Nevada brands.”

RTWGC said they will remain committed to its role in helping bring elite sports competitions and events to the region and state, as well as to support the area’s Olympic Movement and Heritage. In December they host the National Junior Olympic Cross-Country Championships in Reno and in January the Continental Cup of Curling (showcasing Team North America vs Team World) in Las Vegas at the Orleans Arena.