<Dl> <Dd> Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi confirmed on 16 September 2015, that a group of community leaders are working on a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics . Calgary was host of the 1988 Winter Olympics . In June 2016, Calgary City Council approved spending up to $5 million on a 15 - month bid exploration phase . It has also been proposed that Calgary would either build new centres and arenas, for example the controversial CalgaryNEXT arena which is a field house, multi-purpose arena, hockey arena and football stadium all in one planned for the Downtown / Sunalta neighbourhood or repurpose the arenas / event stages used for the 1988 Winter Olympics . John Furlong, CEO of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver is running a group for the Canadian Olympic Committee to help Calgary . On 20 November 2017, Calgary's city council officially voted to approve the additional funding of $2 million to support the bid, only if the Federal and Provincial governments also support the bid before January 2018 . Nakiska ski resort, which was used in 1988, is likely reserved for Freestyle and Snowboard only . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi confirmed on 16 September 2015, that a group of community leaders are working on a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics . Calgary was host of the 1988 Winter Olympics . In June 2016, Calgary City Council approved spending up to $5 million on a 15 - month bid exploration phase . It has also been proposed that Calgary would either build new centres and arenas, for example the controversial CalgaryNEXT arena which is a field house, multi-purpose arena, hockey arena and football stadium all in one planned for the Downtown / Sunalta neighbourhood or repurpose the arenas / event stages used for the 1988 Winter Olympics . John Furlong, CEO of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver is running a group for the Canadian Olympic Committee to help Calgary . On 20 November 2017, Calgary's city council officially voted to approve the additional funding of $2 million to support the bid, only if the Federal and Provincial governments also support the bid before January 2018 . Nakiska ski resort, which was used in 1988, is likely reserved for Freestyle and Snowboard only . </Dd> <P> The following cities explored the possibility of bidding at some point, but decided not to bid or have some uncertainties according to media: </P> <Ul> <Li> Lillehammer, Norway </Li> </Ul>

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