Salt Lake City named host of 2034 Winter Olympics

The Winter Games are returning to the US for the first time in 32 years

Spectators gather as the IOC awards the 2034 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City on July 24, 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah
Factors like "climate change and high operational costs" have limited the number of cities willing to host the Winter Games
(Image credit: C. Morgan Engel / Getty Images)

What happened

The International Olympic Committee voted on Wednesday to confirm Salt Lake City as the home of the 2034 Winter Games.

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Rafi Schwartz, The Week US

Rafi Schwartz has worked as a politics writer at The Week since 2022, where he covers elections, Congress and the White House. He was previously a contributing writer with Mic focusing largely on politics, a senior writer with Splinter News, a staff writer for Fusion's news lab, and the managing editor of Heeb Magazine, a Jewish life and culture publication. Rafi's work has appeared in Rolling Stone, GOOD and The Forward, among others.