LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP)-Lake Placid will no longer be the host of this season’s bobsled and skeleton world championships because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation finalized the decision Monday, the people told The Associated […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City will host the 2023 NBA All-Star Game. Commissioner Adam Silver announced the selection Wednesday. The game will be played Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023 at Vivint Smart Home Arena. It will be the 30th anniversary of Utah’s only other All-Star Game. Silver said […]
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) has approved plans to modernize Lake Placid’s Olympic Center. Preliminary work is expected to get under way in November and be completed in 2022, in time for the 2023 Winter World University Games. The $100 million project announced […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Utah’s Olympic Park has announced an $11 million expansion to renovate training facilities and strengthen the state’s bid to host a second Winter Olympics. Officials said at a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday that the project will add as many 10 new ski runs over the next […]
DENVER (AP) — Denver voters have resoundingly approved a ballot measure requiring the city to seek their consent before spending public funds on any future Olympics bid. Colorado Politics reports that 79% of voters OK’d the measure, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal election. Organizers put Initiative 302 on the ballot […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker is shelving a proposal that would have blocked transgender people from changing their gender on birth certificates, prompting a sigh of relief for LGBT advocates. The legislation pulled Thursday by Republican Rep. Merrill Nelson would have changed general longstanding practice and declared […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Olympic bid officials say they will request as much as $15 million from the state Legislature to help bring more world-class sporting events to Utah in preparation for future Winter Olympics. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the funding being sought would go through the Utah Sports Commission […]
Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for the Winter Olympics — most likely for 2030 — in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter team’s ascendance into an international powerhouse. The U.S. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on Tuesday’s midterm election in Utah (all times local): 11:20 p.m. Republican U.S. Rep Chris Stewart has won re-election to a fourth term in Congress by defeating Democratic challenger Shireen Ghorbani. Stewart represents Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, which covers a large portion of […]
