<Dd> Representatives from Sapporo in Japan, host of the 1972 Winter Games, stated that the city is considering a bid for the 2026 or 2030 Winter Olympics . The city predicts it may cost as much as 456.5 billion yen ($4.3 billion) to host the games and is planning to have 90 percent of the facilities within half an hour of the Olympic village, according to a report published 12 May 2016 . The Alpen course would be in Niseko, the world's second - snowiest resort, while the village would be next to Sapporo Dome . The plans were presented to the Japanese Olympic Committee on 8 November 2016 . On 15 November 2017, Sapporo got approval from the JOC . (If Sapporo is awarded the 2026 Games, it will mark the first time East Asia will hold three straight Winter Olympics, after South Korea in 2018 and China in 2022; Tokyo is also scheduled to host the 2020 Summer Olympics .) It is reported that Sapporo could either use for the sliding events the Nagano Bobsleigh - Luge Park as part of IOC innitiative to use pre-existing venues to keep costs down, or build a dedicated venue in Sapporo . Sapporo Teine, which hosted the bobsleigh events at the 1972 Winter Olympics, was demolished in 1991, while the separate one, used for luge, was closed shortly after the conclusion of the games . </Dd> <Ul> <Li> Sion, Switzerland </Li> </Ul> <Li> Sion, Switzerland </Li> <Dl> <Dd> The Swiss Olympic Association made a general decision about launching a bid during the Sportparlament on 11 March 2016 . Five candidates handed their letters of intent to the Association before the deadline of 31 May 2016 . The candidates were given until 15 December 2016 to forward their bid files to the Swiss Olympic Association . The chosen candidate city then had to be confirmed by the Association by 7 March 2017 . Of the original five candidates: Central Switzerland withdrew, at least temporarily, because Lucerne was awarded the 2021 Winter Universiade; two of the other proposals that included venues throughout Switzerland joined forces with the Western Switzerland bid; and finally the bid Graubünden and Partners was rejected during a public referendum on 12 February 2017 . Sion was eventually chosen against Montreux to be host city of the Western Switzerland bid after Lausanne and Crans - Montana withdrew . The bid includes venues within a square area defined at its corners by the cities of Lausanne, Martigny, Visp and Bern . Sion previously bid to host the Winter Olympics in 1976, 2002 and 2006, but lost out to Denver (Innsbruck), Salt Lake City and Turin respectively . </Dd> <Dd> The Canton of Valais is set to hold a referendum on 10 June 2018 to decide the fate of the 2026 Winter Games bid, but in February 2018, four months before the vote, the polls indicated that 64 percent of voters were against the bid . There are also calls for nationwide referendum . If the referendum fails and Sion is out of the race for the 2026 Winter Games, the venue for the 134th IOC Session that will decide the 2026 host city will be changed from Milan to the IOC headquarters in Lausanne . This would allow the Italian city of Turin to step in and become an official candidate for the 2026 Winter Olympics as there would no longer be the potential for breaking the IOC conflict of interest bidding rules, which state that no country is allowed to bid for the Games if the IOC Session deciding the host city is in the same country as a potential host city . </Dd> </Dl>

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