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Paris is set to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, but there are questions about whether it will hold Winter Olympic events in 2030. The focus remains on summer sports and iconic venues like the Seine River and the Eiffel Tower.
The Eiffel Tower is seen in the background during play in the women's beach volleyball bronze medal match between Australia, left, and Switzerland, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. | Louise Delmotte
Think Olympics and Paris. What do you see?
Athletes sailing down the Seine River during the unique Opening Ceremony? Beach volleyball competitions in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower? Marathoners racing by iconic landmarks like the palace of Versailles?
Bet ice hockey didnât come to mind.
Paris, the site of the 2024 Summer Games, may once again be hosting Olympic events, this time during the winter version of the Olympics and Paralympics that follow for athletes with disabilities.
The French Alps are the host of the worldâs next Winter Games, in 2030. Events, however, were supposed to be split, with snow sports in Franceâs mountains to the north and ice sports in Nice, located along the French Riviera to the south.
But Niceâs new far-right mayor, Eric Ciotti, opposes plans to turn the cityâs main soccer stadium into a temporary arena for menâs ice hockey, citing the cost of displacing Niceâs top-tier soccer team that would be playing at the same time, the French newspaper Le Monde reported.
Ciotti, elected in March, has also called for relocating other Olympic venues in Nice. A report from a Nice news site, Nice Premium, said the coastal city will continue to host figure skating, curling and womenâs ice hockey events.
Last week, Franceâs sports minister, Marina Ferrari, told The Associated Press that sheâs working with 2030 Games organizers to figure out if thereâs someplace else that ice hockey competitions could be held.
âOur responsibility now is to begin preparing alternative scenarios in case we encounter difficulties,â Ferrari said Thursday. âAt this point we are exploring all options, I could not be clearer.â
Earlier last week, 2030 Games organizers apparently ruled out two other Nice stadiums, noting each had âlimitationsâ to serving as a temporary ice hockey venue, âparticularly regarding their exceptionally high cost and overall impact,â NBC Sports reported.
Enter Paris.
The Paris Entertainment Company, which operates the Adidas Arena and Accor Arena in the French capital, told The Associated Press it has submitted a bid to host ice hockey in 2030. Both arenas were used as competition venues during the 2024 Summer Games.
Paris, though, isnât the only French city vying to host ice hockey. Lyon was mentioned as another possibility in a statement by the organizing committee for the 2030 Games, according to a translation posted by NBC Sports.
âIn keeping with a philosophy of resource efficiency and budgetary optimization, the (committee) has decided to broaden the scope of its investigations by exploring the possibility of utilizing existing facilities in other major metropolitan areas â such as Lyon or Paris,â it said.
Renaud Muselier, president of the Provence-Alpes-CĂŽte dâAzur Region that includes Nice, told Nice Premium that 2030 organizers have been asked âto contact Marseille, Gap, Grenoble, Albertville, and of course Lyon, to see if they could respondâ quickly.
The updated list of venues is expected to be presented to the International Olympic Committee in June for approval. Moving menâs ice hockey to a new part of France would further spread out the 2030 Games, already similar in scope to those held earlier this year in Milan Cortina, Italy.
It is currently uncertain if Paris will host the Winter Olympics in 2030.
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will feature events like beach volleyball and marathon races near iconic landmarks.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony will take place along the Seine River, a first for the Olympics.
Iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the palace of Versailles will be featured during the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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