2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
Milan Cortina 2026 CEO says Games exceeded budget
Milan Cortina CEO Andrea Varnier said on Tuesdy that the Games cost more than initially budgeted and preparations faced near impossible deadlines but organizers managed to deliver most of what was initially planned.
IOC concerned over visa access, rising ticket costs for LA28
Entry visas and inflated ticket prices for the 2028 L.A. Games dominated a progress report delivered by U.S. organizers to the IOC.
IOC’s Coventry acknowledges Milan Cortina prep ‘bumpy’
IOC President Kirsty Coventry acknowledged 'bumpy' preparations for the Milan Cortina Games but asserted the event will be unforgettable, as organizers rush to finish venues including the Cortina sliding center and Milan’s Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, with a key cable car not ready.
Fundraising arm putting the focus on Team USA women
As the USOPC works to grow revenue for the movement, it has put particular focus on supporting female athletes with efforts such as the Women's Circle and New Family Fund.
In recent years, the International Olympic Committee has focused on making hosting more sustainable, encouraging use of existing venues and fitting the Games to the location, rather than the other way around.
Enter Milan Cortina and the first truly regional Games. The events of the Olympics and Paralympics held there will span much of Northern Italy, some of them hundreds of miles apart. Organizers prioritized using existing venues, including ones that routinely host world cups and other international competition, and temporary venues.
The spread of the Games takes snow sports, which are often concentrated in a mountain cluster, and sprinkles them throughout the Dolomites. Transit from Milan is expected to take 5 to 10 hours, leading to the most siloed Games anyone has seen.
Olympics Preview: Can the Winter Games deliver?
The Olympics open Feb. 6 and the Paralympics a month later with the potential of generating interest in a movement that hasn’t had a Games in a North American-friendly time zone in 16 years.
Paralympics head to Italy looking for more sponsors to champion Games
Departure of Toyota, Bridgestone has left vacuum and opportunity for other brands at Paralympics.
Olympics Preview: Most marketable athletes
Most marketable athletes at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Games
Dream assignments: Rebecca Lowe will host both the Olympics and the World Cup in 2026
Rebecca Lowe, the face of soccer in America on NBC’s Premier League studio show, will host both the Olympics and the World Cup in the same calendar year.
Milan Cortina 2026 CEO says Games exceeded budget
Milan Cortina CEO Andrea Varnier said on Tuesdy that the Games cost more than initially budgeted and preparations faced near impossible deadlines but organizers managed to deliver most of what was initially planned.
IOC concerned over visa access, rising ticket costs for LA28
Entry visas and inflated ticket prices for the 2028 L.A. Games dominated a progress report delivered by U.S. organizers to the IOC.
IOC’s Coventry acknowledges Milan Cortina prep ‘bumpy’
IOC President Kirsty Coventry acknowledged 'bumpy' preparations for the Milan Cortina Games but asserted the event will be unforgettable, as organizers rush to finish venues including the Cortina sliding center and Milan’s Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, with a key cable car not ready.
Fundraising arm putting the focus on Team USA women
As the USOPC works to grow revenue for the movement, it has put particular focus on supporting female athletes with efforts such as the Women's Circle and New Family Fund.
PWHL looks to leverage ‘Ultimate Away Game’ in Milan Cortina
The PWHL is best positioned to try to leverage post-Olympic growth in a way that virtually every sport aspires to coming out of each Games, with attendance up 17% year-over-year for the league's games this season.
NBC Sports signs Scott Hanson for LA28 ‘Gold Zone’
NBC Sports has signed Hanson to work on its Olympic whip-around show for the L.A. Summer Games in 2028.
LA28 announces six MLS stadiums to host soccer
LA28 announced six MLS stadiums would host early and knockout rounds of the women's and men's Olympic soccer tournaments.
Opening ceremony tickets still available days before Milan Cortina Games open
As of last week, tickets to the Olympics opening ceremony not only remain available but, for fans 26 and under, part of a buy one, get one deal.
Utah governor among group heading to Milan Cortina to prep for 2034
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox will attend the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics with more than 100 Utah leaders to study operations ahead of the 2034 Utah Games.
PWHL targets international growth, visibility with Olympic spotlight
The PWHL is leveraging the Milan Cortina Olympics as an international coming-out party, investing in advertising during the opening to boost global visibility and convert casual Olympic viewers into league followers.
We have become a more diverse league across every platform including coaching, but we still have more work to do. There’s got to be more steps. We’re reevaluating everything we’re doing.-- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, on how the league will take a closer look at the Rooney Rule as it attempts to continue to make progress on diversity hiring.
