A skater competes in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. The Austrian city ended up hosting the games after Colorado voters blocked Denver’s bid. (International Olympic Committee/YouTube) When the ...
Editor’s note • This story, republished now as Salt Lake City wins a second bid for the Winter Olympic Games, first appeared in The Salt Lake Tribune on Feb. 2, 2002. The opening of the 2002 Winter ...
As much as Colorado has changed in the last 50 years, one thing remains. There’s still resistance to the idea of hosting the Olympics, especially if it means using taxpayer dollars. Despite the ...