Olympic Committee: No Winter Games in U.S. in 2022
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 8:21pm
The U.S. Olympic Committee will not seek bids to host the 2022 Winter Games, and the coalition that was attempting to bring the Winter Games to Reno-Tahoe is fully on board with the decision, saying the short amount of time to submit a bid proved to be too much of a challenge.
The USOC, which conducted a teleconference call amongst its board members Tuesday, announced afterward it would prefer to bid on the 2024 Summer Olympics or the 2026 Winter Games.
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