The Olympics Desperately Needed Oslo To Host The 2022 Games, And The IOC Is Outraged They Pulled Out [View all]

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Source: business insider

Oslo pulled its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics after the Norwegian government balked at the estimated $5.4 billion cost on Wednesday.

That leaves Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan, as the only countries bidding for the games. In the months before Oslo pulled out, potential host cities in democratic nations across Europe — Poland, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland — also retracted their bids.

It's a debacle for the International Olympic Committee.

Oslo was the clear front-runner to win the 2022 games, at least based on the IOC's assessment of the competing bid applications.







Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/olympics-oslo-2022-olympics-2014-10

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Maybe they just need to pick one location like Lillehammer or Vancouver and have them there every time.