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The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games (French: XVI es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Arpitan: Arbèrtvile '92), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and around Albertville, France.
Albertville is part of the Rhône-Alpes region in France that had hosted the Winter Olympics twice with Chamonix in 1924 and Grenoble in 1968. [12] [13] Jean-Claude Killy, the triple gold medalist in the men's alpine skiing event at the 1968 Grenoble Games, had become a successful businessman when he suggested the idea of the 1992 Winter Olympics in December 1981 to Michel Barnier, a ...
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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.
The 2026 Winter Olympics (Italian: Olimpiadi invernali del 2026), officially the XXV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Milano Cortina 2026, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 6 to 22 February 2026 at sites across Northern and Northeast Italy.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and take place between 6 and 22 February 2026. [124] At the 142nd IOC Session in July 2024, it was confirmed that the 2030 Winter Olympics will be hosted by France in the French Alps . [ 125 ]
McKay recovered in time to host the 1960 Summer Olympics from the CBS Television studio in Grand Central Terminal. [ 1 ] Each Winter Olympics telecast from the 1990s had a different prime time host(s): Paula Zahn and Tim McCarver [ 2 ] in 1992, Greg Gumbel [ 2 ] [ 3 ] in 1994, and Jim Nantz [ 2 ] in 1998.