IOC VISITS CAL GARY TO TALK 2026 BID

Members of the International Olympic Committee are in Calgary this week to meet with the city’s Olympic project team. Calgary city council is deciding whether to bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Council is expected to address the question again at its next meeting Jan. 29. IOC members will tour the winter sport facilities still in use from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the statement said. The IOC will invite cities to bid for 2026 in October 2018 and the deadline is January 2019. Calgary wants deeper research into five areas before it approves a bid: capital costs; security; operating costs; finances; and financial guarantees.