The International Olympic Committee has launched the bidding process for the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

City submissions by National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are being accepted to host the 2018 Games.

According to the Denver Post a possible bid has been kept low key because cities are discouraged from actively pursuing a bid until they get support from national governing bodies such as the USOC.

Additionally, supporters do not want to distract from Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Games.

2018 Winter Games Bid Process- Phase 1

known as the candidature acceptance procedure, involves a thorough review by the IOC of each city's potential to host the 2018 Games. Cities will be asked to reply to a questionnaire and their answers will be studied by the IOC to help the Executive Board select the cities that will become Candidate Cities and move on to phase 2.

The deadline for the NOC's to submit the Applicant City is October 15, 2009. Submission of the Application File and guarantee letters to the IOC is March 15, 2010, and the IOC Executive Board acceptance of Candidate Cities is by the end of June 2010.

2018 Winter Games Bid Process- Phase 2

In phase 2, known as the candidature procedure, the Candidate Cities are asked to submit their Candidature Files and prepare for the visit of the IOC Evaluation Commission. The Submission date to the IOC is January 11, 2011.

2018 Winter Games Bid Process- Evaluation Commission visits

The Evaluation Commission visits will take place in February and March of 2011, and the report of the IOC Evaluation Commission for 2018 is due one month before the election of the host city which takes place July 6, 2011 during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban.

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• |2009-08-05 20:48:16 Michael
  There has been studies and stories about the fact Denver wants to host the Winter Olympics (WO). Now, granted with the recent economic crisis that has been going on can put a damper of the whiole situation, and July 2011 is three years away for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to make their decision.
  
  I have two questions....
  
  1.) Will the IOC look over look the 1972 situation and award Denver the WO for 2018?
  
  2.) Would you support the Games if it came to your city?
  
  History:
  Denver was awarded to host the 1976 WO in May 1970. The people who were against it rallied for a referendum not to build the venues citing the economical and enviromental impact would be great and damaging. In 1972, the voters of Denver overwhelmingly voted against hosting the WO. This terrible outraged the IOC. The 1976 WO was hosted by Innsbruk. Oddly enough, Lake Placid hosted the 1980 WO. That is why I asked those two questions, above.
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• |2009-08-05 20:49:05 TFOX
  I don't think that 1976 alone will kill Denver's chances. It was Denver that actually led to quite a few changes on how the bids are selected by the IOC. Now, they insist that host cities have their financial ducks in a row before even considering their bids. So, I think that if Denver passed the hurdles needed to mount a serious bid this time around, I don't think that the bid would be torpedoed simply over spite about 1976.
  
  I'd support bringing the Olympics here, simply because I think that the Olympics brought numerous benefits to Salt Lake City that I think the Denver area could enjoy. Specifically, I think it could open up spigots for funding of desperately needed infrastructure improvements that we will not have otherwise.
  
  As for Dick Lamm's argument that the Olympics would bring growth and sprawl to Colorado, I think we can all see that it happened anyway. Colorado is already pretty much synonymous with winter sports nationwide, I can't see how the Olympics would change tha...
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• |2009-08-05 20:50:30 JBOB
  The distance is a problem, but not insurmountable. Most WO don't have the ski events right in the host city, anyway. SLC was very fortunate to have great venues within about 40 miles. Vancouver is within about 80 miles of Whistler/Blackcomb, and that seemed acceptable, so I think 100 miles from Denver to Vail is okay, and remember that Winter Park/MJ is about 75 miles away, and most of the Summit County resorts about 80 miles away, so I think it's workable. THey'd probably want to spread the events around between Summit County, Winter Park, and Vail anyway.
  
  The big problem, however, would not be the distance but the lack of capacity on I-70, lack of alternative routes, and lack of transit on this route. I guarantee that it would take way longer than 2 hours to get from Denver to Vail for an Olympic event. In fact, you might not make it at all. What if a semi overturns on I-70 and blocks it during the Olympics? You'd have chaos.
  
  On the other hand, it might take an Olympics type eve...
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• |2009-08-05 20:51:58 Shuffler
  No good would come of it. It would call unwanted/unneeded attention to our already-crowded State.
  
  If the decision were mine, I'd gladly pass, in the spirit of former Gov. Lamm
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• |2010-02-16 17:43:22 Brad
  I'm torn on this issue. I am one to enjoy any positive publicity for this city, yet I get the idea that many cities that host do end up in the negative economically. It would boost popularity for Winter Park and even more for Vail. I think it is not secret that the snow conditions will far surpass what has been experienced at Whistler thus far. As far as visible snow in Denver, that won't happen given that February is the least snowiest month of the year. If any city can pull it off though, Denver certainly has the right personality for a large venue. If you are a for the games coming to Denver, hope that Obama doesn't try to rally any support in the wake of his failed attempt for Chicago.
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