Swiss Voters Reject Chance to Host 2026 Winter Olympics

There will be no Winter Olympics in Switzerland in 2026. Voters in the southern canton of Valais rejected a proposal Sunday to bid on the games that would have been centered in the Swiss city of Sion. Voters apparently balked at the high cost the canton would have had to put up to host the games — an estimated $101 million. Supporters of the bid say it was a "reasonable and sustainable" project and that the games would have brought billions into the local economy. Two...

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