What Utah’s governor saw behind the scenes at Italy’s Olympics
Gov. Spencer Cox both “excited and cautious” about work ahead for state’s 2034 Winter Games.
Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox answers a question as he and other 2034 Utah Winter Olympic Games organizers participate in a press conference in the main media center for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday, Feb.
10, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News It’s going to take a lot of work for Utah to host the 2034 Winter Games . That’s the takeaway for Gov.
Spencer Cox after spending a week in Italy last month during the Milan Cortina Winter Games, observing the behind-the-scenes operations that make the Olympics and Paralympics for athletes with disabilities run. “It’s really incredible how much it takes to put on a Games. So I came away, I think, equal parts excited and cautious about all the work that needs to be done,” the governor told the Deseret News.
He spent time in Milan’s command center for the 2026 Winter Games , watching Italian organizers scramble to deal with situations like power outages that cut off communications with some remote mountain venues. “I was at the headquarters where all the decisions were being made. I was watching the problems come in from different venues in real time, seeing how all the technology merged together, how they were dispatching people to help,” the governor said.
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