Winter Olympics 2030: IOC Visits French Alps

21st April 2024

Last modified on April 26th, 2024

A delegation from the IOC’s Commission for the Future Olympic Winter Games has been visiting this week.

It has inspected the proposed sites and assessed the level of popular support for the bid, the environmental impact and political & financial guarantees.

If it is impressed it will recommend the bid to the IOC Executive Board in mid-June, ahead of the official award on 23rd and 24th July in Paris, before the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

The Games would centre around Nice on the Mediterranean coast, and the Alps to the north.

There would be four venues:

• Haute-Savoie – Cross-country skiing, biathlon.
• Savoie – Alpine skiing and bobsleigh/luge.
• Briançon – Snowboarding and freestyle skiing.
• Nice – Ice sports.

Much of the women’s alpine skiing would take place in Meribel, with the men competing in neighbouring Courchevel.

The slalom would take place in Val d’Isère.

Bobsleigh, luge and skeleton would happen at La Plagne.

Cross country skiing in La Clusaz and biathlon in Le Grand Bornand.

The ski jumping and Nordic combined would take place in Courchevel.

Briançonnais would include ski cross, snowboard cross, snowboard and freestyle skiing.

Figure skating, ice hockey, short-track speed skating and curling would take place in Nice.

The Athletes Village would be in Nice, along with the international broadcasting centre and the area would likely stage the closing ceremony.

Meribel, France. Image © PlanetSKI

IOC announced France and Salt Lake City as preferred hosts for 2030 and 2034 Winter Games

In July in Paris there will also be an announcement on the hosts for the 2034 Winter Games with Salt Lake City in Utah USA as the only bidder.

France has hosted the Winter Olympics three times:

• Chamonix in 1924
• Grenoble in 1968
• Albertville in 1992.

Salt Lake City hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Plaque marking the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. Image © PlanetSKI

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