Salt Lake's Olympic bid gets boost from new IOC selection process

SALT LAKE CITY — The chances of Salt Lake City getting another Winter Games got a boost Wednesday with the International Olympic Committee's move to a more flexible bidding process focused on finding enthusiastic host cities.

"It magnifies our strengths and we play right into what they're looking for," said Fraser Bullock, chief operating officer of the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City and a leader of the effort to bring the Olympics back. "It has to be when, not if."

Salt Lake City was selected late last year as the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee's choice to bid on behalf of the United States for an unspecified future Winter Games, possibly as soon as 2030.

Bullock said Salt Lake City will benefit from the new process because of the high level of public support, seen in a 2018 USOPC poll that found more than 80% of Utahns backed the bid.

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