Calgary mayor raises 2026 Olympic bid with prime minister; says it was ‘cursory’
Calgary’s potential bid to host the 2026 Olympic Winter Games was on the agenda in a meeting between Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
“It was very cursory,” Nenshi told reporters Wednesday. “He (Trudeau) certainly was very interested in seeing the results of the work.”
The Canadian Olympic Committee established a special committee to assist interested cities in building successful bids.
Calgary, which hosted the 1988 Winter Games, followed through on that request, committing up to $5 million to study a potential 2026 bid. Calgary’s decision window is 14 months.