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The 2026 Winter Olympics (Italian: Olimpiadi invernali del 2026), officially the XXV Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XXV Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Milano-Cortina 2026, [1] is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 6 to 22 February 2026 in three regions, with the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo as main hosts.
In 2022, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. By 2034, eleven cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake ...
The Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo are joining forces to host the Games—a big first, as never before in Olympics history have two cities co-hosted the competition.
Representatives from Sapporo in Japan, host of the 1972 Winter Games, stated that the city was considering a bid for the 2026 or 2030 Winter Olympics. The city predicted it might cost as much as 456.5 billion yen (US$4.3 billion) to host the Games and, according to a report published on 12 May 2016, they planned to have 90 percent of the ...
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be hosted in two cities: Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It's the fourth time they've been in Italy, with games in the country in 1956, 1960 and 2006. Summer ...
Lake Placid also hosted the 1932 Winter Olympics. Norfolk said Innsbruck, Austria, and St. Moritz, Switzerland, also put in bids as the Plan B, which Lake Placid bested. Innsbruck held the games ...
Milan contains four competition venues for four Olympic sports and one Paralympic sport. [4] Construction on a new 16,000-seat ice hockey venue in the Santa Giulia area commenced on 28 November 2023 at an initial estimate of €180 million; however, an additional €70–90 million is reportedly needed due to rising costs of energy and materials.
Although Cortina d'Ampezzo was unable to go ahead with the scheduled 1944 Winter Olympics because of World War II, it hosted the Winter Olympics in 1956 and subsequently a number of world winter-sports events. Cortina d'Ampezzo will host the Winter Olympics for a second time when it co-hosts the 2026 Winter Olympics with Milan.