When the Flame Returns: Utah’s Long Game Toward a Historic 2034 Winter Olympics

The Olympic Winter Games come to Salt Lake City in 2034. But when the Olympic torch returns to Utah, it won’t light a blank slate. It will reignite a region that never let the flame die out.

From the Utah Olympic Oval’s “fastest ice on earth” to the ski jumps and sliding tracks, the facilities that once welcomed the world are still humming. They’ve trained generations of athletes since their global spotlight in 2002. And if you ask three-time Olympian Fuzz Feddersen, that continuity, not nostalgia, is what makes Salt Lake City’s encore so compelling.