Read more: Stockholm pulls plug on 2022 Games bid (Source: Reuters)
2022 bid; Applicant City Seminar
Delegates from the six cities vying to host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games will return home equipped with valuable insight into the bidding process following a three-day Applicant City Seminar hosted by the International Olympic Committee that concluded today in Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland.
Full article: olympic.org
2022 bid; Legacy Stockholm 1912 & Beijing 2008
Two former Summer Olympics hosts are bidding for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Hoping to become the first city that has organised both Summer and Winter Olympics.
In 2012 the IOC made these two videos about the Olympic legacy of Beijing and Stockholm:
- Stockholm 1912: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IGp6aS4y6E
- Beijing 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds6RN3BP3dM
2022 bid; Introduction to Stockholm
Publication: http://www.sok.se/download/18.3e7f4ba7140fff9e8b31626/Utredning+Stockholm+2022.pdf (in Swedish)
List of proposed venues (from Wikipedia):
- Tele2 Arena (existing) – ceremonies
- Åre Ski Area (existing) – alpine skiing (downhill, super-g, giant slalom, combined)
- Flottsbrobacken (to be built) – alpine skiing (slalom), ski jumping, freestyle skiing (ski cross, slope style), snowboarding (border cross, slope style, giant slalom)
- Hammarbytoppen (to be built) – bobsleigh, skeleton, luge, freestyle skiing (half pipe, moguls, aerials), snowboarding (half pipe, parallell slalom)
- Hovet (existing) – curling
- Friends Arena (existing) – ice hockey
- Ericsson Globe (existing) – figure skating, short track speed skating
- Tullinge/Hellasgården/Barkarby/Täby (to be built) – cross-country skiing, biathlon
- Stockholm Olympic Stadium (existing) – cross-country skiing (sprint)
- Tallkrogen (to be built) – speed skating
Official website: … (http://www.sok.se – Swedish Olympic Committee)