The citizens of the canadian metropolis of Calgary a majority vote, however, is that their city of the Olympic winter games in 2026. The International Olympic Committee and the candidate.
So losers: representatives of the Olympic bid Committee of Calgary
Long on the faces of the Olympic bid Committee of Calgary: the citizens of The canadian town have decided against hosting the Olympic winter games in 2026, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a further setback missed. For the games in eight years, the Stockholm and the Italian Region of Milan/Cortina d’ampezzo are only two candidates in the race are the Swedish capital.
Application Committee: “Disappointing Result”
In the case of the Olympic Referendum 56.4 percent voted no, 43.6 per cent were in favour of the canadian metropolis would be games for the second Time after the 1988 host of the Olympic winter. Approximately 300,000 citizens of calgary took part in the Referendum. The vote is not legally binding, but in the run-up to all of the Parties had signalled: Get the no page, only one vote more, the application dead. “The result is disappointing, but I respect the democratic process,” said Scott Hutcheson, Chairman of the Board of the urban application Committee.
Also, the IOC has reacted with Regret to the negative Referendum in Calgary: “It is disappointing that the arguments concerning the sporting, social and long-term benefits of hosting the Olympic games have influenced the vote,” it said in a statement. It was however, after the political discussions and the uncertainties in the past few days, also “no Surprise”.
The critics had referred primarily to the high cost of the Olympic games for the city. Already a few weeks ago it had looked as if the candidacy was terminated. Wait until the last minute to the city, province and state had agreed, as the estimated cost of the public funds in the amount of 2.88 billion canadian dollars (1,92 billion euros) would be distributed. The planned Olympic budget had been cut by $ 125 million.
Only Stockholm and Milan to Cortina d’ampezzo
The winter games in 2026 will remain for the IOC. Also in Stockholm and Milan/Cortina d’ampezzo is not clear whether the cities can get their applications up to the choice of the host to the IOC-Congress in June 2019 in Lausanne to maintain. In Stockholm, the newly elected councillor of the Olympic candidacy issued at the beginning of October a cancellation. Also, the application of the Region of Milan is on shaky ground. The Italian government is in favour of the candidacy, but will assume no costs. Previously, Sapporo (Japan), Graz, Schladming (Austria), as well as Sion (Switzerland) were eliminated from the pool of applicants.
sn/asz (sid, dpa)