{"id":276395,"date":"2026-06-24T09:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/276395\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:38:26","slug":"lake-placid-and-nyc-form-exploratory-committee-to-study-hosting-future-winter-olympics-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/276395\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Placid and NYC form exploratory committee to study hosting future Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After watching the 2026 Olympics as seen here at the bobsled, skeleton, luge track, Lake Placid has some ideas on Games improvements. Photo: TownLift \/\/ Michele Roepke<\/p>\n

ALBANY, N.Y. \u2014 The state of New York is forming an exploratory committee to consider whether Lake Placid and New York City should bid to co-host a future Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

The announcement Monday, June 22, from Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s office suggested a dual-hosting format, the likes of which Milan and Cortina pulled off at this year\u2019s Olympics.<\/p>\n

It does not mention a year, though with the 2034 Games going to Salt Lake City and with Switzerland tabbed as the preferred bidder for 2038, the first likely available spot for New York to host would be 2042.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time is now to return the Olympic flame back to New York,\u201d Hochul said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Lake Placid hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980 \u2014 the year of the \u201cMiracle on Ice\u201d when the underdog U.S beat the Soviet Union in men\u2019s hockey on home ice. It also spent time in the mix as an emergency backup for this year\u2019s sliding sports when the venue in Cortina <\/a>was riddled with construction delays.<\/p>\n

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The exploratory committee will take about a year to complete its work. The formation of the committee does not mean New York is officially involved in a bid process. The chair of the committee will be Ashley Walden, president and CEO of the Olympic Regional Development Authority.<\/p>\n

Lake Placid is among the few former hosts expected to have reliable enough weather to be able to host the Games by 2050,\u00a0according to a recent climate change study.<\/p>\n

The 2030 Olympics will be held in the French Alps.<\/p>\n

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