Section 01 · Track / Venues / Budget
The Games
The 2030 Games were sold on venues that already exist — the sliding track is the exception that tests that claim.
5 pieces in this section
The Games · Lead
A Refrigeration Plant with a Sport Attached
The La Plagne sliding track was built for Albertville 1992 and has been maintained since as France's only refrigerated bobsleigh, luge and skeleton course.
Exhibit B
Refurbish, Build, or Send Them Abroad
Three options have been in public circulation for the 2030 sliding events: renovate La Plagne, build a new track, or send the disciplines to an existing foreign venue — an arrangement the IOC has…
What the Auditors Are Looking At
France's Cour des Comptes has taken an interest in the 2030 Games budget and the division of costs between the state, the regions, and the organising committee — the same scrutiny it applied to Paris…
The Guarantee That Came After the Award
At its 142nd session in Paris in July 2024, the IOC confirmed the French Alps as host of the 2030 Winter Games on the condition that the French state provide financial guarantees — those guarantees…
From the Tarentaise to the Mediterranean
Alpine events go to Savoie and Haute-Savoie where the courses and lift infrastructure exist; Nordic events to venues with a competition record; Briançon and Nice take their share, Nice supplying the…