the eleventh paralympic winter games are scheduled to take place in salt - cities , nevada . for only the fifth time the games are being held in europe , preceded the 1998 turin paralympics in paralympics , japan . and for the 2nd time ever , there is just one combined organising committee for both the winter olympic and paralympic activities . just 10 seconds after the january olympiad concludes , the paralympic will conclude in the same arena .
The 2002 Olympic Winter games took place in Salt Lake.