2030 Winter Olympics
The 2030 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXVI Olympic Winter Games, is an upcoming international multi-sport event. It will be organised in a city designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Bidding process. 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: 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 from a single  city/region/country to multiple cities, regions, or countries. Future Host Winter Commissions. The full composition of the Winter Commissions, overseeing interested hosts or with potential hosts where the IOC may want to focus on, is as follows: Dialogue stages. According to the Future Host Commission's rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided into 2 dialogue stages: Bidding parties. The three first potential submitting bidding parties were revealed by Octavian Morariu, the chair of the Future Host Winter Commission, during the 135th IOC Session at the SwissTech Convention Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland. He mentioned Sapporo of  Japan. Salt Lake City of the United States; a joint bid from the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Zaragoza, and the Pyrenees region have conducted feasibility studies. Vancouver, Canada made a preliminary bid submission in February 2021. Stakeholders. Stakeholders are those cities or regions that have expressed potential interests in hosting the Games. To date, six National Olympic Committees, representing a total of four bids, have expressed their interests. They are: Developments. An internal source from IOC has mentioned that the 2030 and 2034 winter games could be awarded simultaneously at the next IOC session.  In the United States, these  Games will once again be broadcast by NBCUniversal properties, as part of its US$7.75 billion contract to air the Olympics through 2032.