Olympic Winter Games NZ 2026 Feasibility Study Will Not Proceed
The New Zealand Olympic Committee has decided not to ask the New Zealand Government to do a full feasibility study of
hosting the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, says Queenstown consultant Bruce McGechan. Therefore the Olympic Winter Games NZ
2026 project has been shelved.
An "Olympic Winter Games New Zealand 2026" pre-feasibility report, written by McGechan, found hosting could be feasible
and calculated significant net economic value to New Zealand. The head of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas
Bach, also said that the cost of hosting the Olympics had been substantially reduced with the adoption of the Olympic
Agenda 2020 report recommendations. He encouraged New Zealand to investigate hosting when he visited New Zealand last
month.
The pre-feasibility study has now been passed to an Australian organisation who will consider launching their own
Olympic Winter Games feasibility project.
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