2030 Winter Olympics

The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session on 24 June 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are:[1][2]

• Establish a permanent, ongoing dialogue to explore and create interest among cities/regions/countries and National Olympic Committees for any Olympic event
• Create two Future Host Commissions (Summer and Winter Games) to oversee interest in future Olympic events and report to the IOC executive board
• Give the IOC Session more influence by having non-executive board members form part of the Future Host Commissions.

The IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase its flexibility by removing the date of election from 7 years before the games, and changing the host as a city from a single city/region/country to multiple cities, regions, or countries.

The three potential bidding parties were revealed by Octavian Morariu, chair of Future Host Winter Commission, during 135th IOC Session at SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland. He mentioned Sapporo of Japan is the furthest advanced of the three possible candidatures. While, Salt Lake City of the United States, and Barcelona–Pyrenees of Spain have conducted feasibility studies.

Bid details

Bid Party	Country	National Olympic Committee	Bid Committee Website	Status
Sapporo	Japan	Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC)		Interested Party
Salt Lake City	United States	United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC)		Interested Party
Barcelona–Pyrenees	Spain	Spanish Olympic Committee (SOC)		Interested Party