BidWeek: Olympic Bid Rejection Goes Intercontinental – The IOC Must Change Everything
BidWeek, Reporting from Toronto, Canada – It’s a runaway freight train, and the track doesn’t seem to end. Taxpayers of cities who are …
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56.4% Of Voters Reject Calgary 2026 Olympic Bid, City Council Expected To Cancel Project
More than 56 percent of voters across Calgary voted against a proposed 2026 Olympic Winter Games bid Tuesday, a result that will likely spell the end of the …
Calgary 2026 Q&A With Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid CEO Mary Moran
On the eve of a likely decisive plebiscite over Calgary’s 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid, GamesBids.com had the opportunity to ask Calgary 2026 …
Calgary 2026 Q&A With ‘No Calgary Olympics’ Spokesperson Erin Waite
On the eve of a likely decisive plebiscite over Calgary’s 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid, GamesBids.com had the opportunity to ask No Calgary …
Calgary 2026 Q&A With ‘Yes Calgary 2026’ Spokesperson Jason Ribeiro
On the eve of a likely decisive plebiscite over Calgary’s 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid, GamesBids.com had the opportunity to ask Yes Calgary …
Calgary 2026 Braces For Tuesday’s Critical City-Wide Olympic Bid Vote While IOC Looks On
Calgary’s two-year long effort to win the right to host the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games will face a showdown Tuesday between constituents who want …
Reno-Tahoe Drops Winter Olympic Bid, Leaving Salt Lake City And Denver For December Nomination
A group representing the Reno-Tahoe Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games bid said Monday that it has turned down an invitation from the United States Olympic …
Dear Calgary: There Is No Wrong Choice, As Long As Its Yours; How To Navigate Your 2026 Olympic Bid Plebiscite
Following is the fifth in a series of open letters to residents of Calgary, and those citizens in other cities who are contemplating Olympic bids. Dear …
BidWeek: A Short History Of Olympic Bid Referendums
BidWeek, Reporting from Toronto, Canada – As Calgarians prepare to head to the polls Tuesday, to weigh-in on the city’s potential bid to host the …
Favourite Emerges As IOC Accepts Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Bid Without Government Funding
A 2026 Winter Olympics bid by Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy will be accepted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) even without funding and …