Olympics
LA28 ticket lottery system sees high traffic, technical issues
2028 L.A. Games organizers said that they were “met with ‘overwhelming interest’” yesterday after they “began registering people for a lottery system that will be used to dole out tickets” for the event, according to Dominic Fracassa of the S.F. CHRONICLE. People attempting to enter the upcoming tic...
Q&A: Cortina mayor on logistics, security and challenges ahead of Winter Olympics
Cortina Mayor Gianluca Lorenzi offered a “candid look at what it has meant for his city to host” the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, according to a Q&A with Denny Alfonso. Anticipation has been “building across Italy and the sports world” 20 days before the Games, but “alongside the excitement, the fi...
Swiss gov’t signals support for 2038 Winter Olympics with $250M pledge
Switzerland’s federal government today said that it is “ready to commit” $250M (all figures U.S.) toward organizing the 2038 Olympics and Paralympics. The Swiss project is the “only candidate in talks through next year” with the IOC. Switzerland last hosted the Winter Games in 1948 at St. Moritz, an...
NHL owners feel ‘taken advantage of’ by Olympic officials ahead of Milan
Some NHL owners “feel like they’ve been taken advantage of” by the IOC and the IIHF after agreeing to let NHL players participate in the Milan-Cortina Games, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. It has been well documented that the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena is being rushed to completion be...
LA28’s Mingey, Chun leave to launch Onboard Sports Advisory
After helping build the commercial engine behind LA28, executives Dave Mingey and Hayle Chun have left their respective roles to launch Onboard Sports Advisory.
LA28 gathers Olympians, Paralympians for cauldron lighting ceremony
About 300 current and former Olympians and Paralympians gathered at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum Tuesday “for a ceremonial lighting of the stadium’s Olympic cauldron, using the rare gathering of athletes to launch the public countdown to ticket sales” for the 2028 L.A. Games. The event “featured athle...
Execs praise Milan Olympic hockey rink, final preparations being made
The IOC said that it is “impressed with the new hockey arena” for the Milan-Cortina Games, “even if parts of it still look like a building site‚” according to Daniella Matar of the AP. The Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena’s rink and most of its seating “is in place,” but there is still an “abundance of ...
Recreating A Miracle: USA Hockey returns to Lake Placid with unique hologram production
Forty-six years ago this February, the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team inspired belief in miracles with its long-shot victory over the Soviet Union during the medal round of the 1980 Winter Games.
Test events at Milan Olympic hockey rink bring cautious optimism
Observers are “cautiously optimistic” about the status of Milan’s Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena for the Milan-Cortina Games after a series of test events held there this weekend. There is a “lot of construction there that still needs to be done.” However, a participant in one of the test events indic...
Kylie Kelce to join NBC’s coverage of Milan-Cortina Games as creator
Kylie Kelce, wife of former NFLer Jason Kelce, “will be part of NBC’s coverage” of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in February. The 33-year-old “will appear in Milan as part of NBCUniversal’s Creator Collective," a group of content creators from YouTube, Meta and TikTok who will “give their follow...
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