Salt Lake City has been formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics following a vote by the International Olympic Committee in Paris, giving Utah its second Games after hosting in 2002.
Salt Lake City was the lone contender the IOC was considering for 2034.
Climate change and high operational costs have reduced the number of cities willing and able to welcome the Winter Games.
Utah has capitalised on low interest elsewhere, pitching itself to Olympic officials as an enthusiastic repeat host if the committee goes forward with a proposed permanent rotation of Winter Olympic cities.
Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi had said Salt Lake City would be a prime candidate for such a plan.
Local leaders had their sights set on hosting multiple times even before Salt Lake City welcomed its first Games, bid team spokesperson Tom Kelly said.
Remnants of the 2002 Games are nestled throughout the city and have kept the Olympic fever alive for more than two decades.
Organisers of the 2034 Games touted that enduring enthusiasm throughout the selection process and showed visiting Olympic officials how they have preserved the venues used in 2002.
In their final presentation to the Olympic committee Wednesday morning, the bid team outlined its plan for one of the most compact layouts in Olympic history, with all venues within a one-hour drive of the athletes village on the University of Utah campus.
The plan requires no new permanent construction, with all 13 venues already in place and each having played a role when the city first hosted.
For Utah Governor Spencer Cox, securing the bid was central to his goal of cementing the state as North America’s winter sports capital.
He and other local leaders were in Paris for the bid presentation.
