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Candidature Process For The 2026 Olympic Winter Games
Host City Election
The IOC, in agreement with the two candidate cities, moved the IOC Session from Milan to Lausanne, where the IOC membership was already scheduled to convene in June 2019, in order to comply with Rule 33 of the Olympic Charter, which states that the election cannot be held in a country which has a candidate for the Games concerned.
Long-term Benefits To Host
Some benefits can be experienced well before the Opening Ceremony even takes place, while others may not be seen until years after the Games have ended. For example, evidences show that the private money injected in the Host City for the organisation of the Games will boost the local economy through the creation of new jobs and an increased demand for local suppliers. In addition, significant boost of GDP was also experienced by previous host countries, such as Britain, whose GDP was boosted by 13.8bn GBP between 2004 and 2014, and Russia,