No Olympic Games in South Tyrol

State Governor Arno Kompatscher announced this decision today following the state government meeting. This unanimously voted against an application for 2026.

“Olympics not sustainable” “The current regulations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) do not allow the Olympic Games to be organized sustainably,” Kompatscher is quoted as saying by the state press office. The Olympics as a zero-impact event is a nice idea, but it remains just a dream given the current conditions, explained the state governor. Kompatscher refers primarily to the need to concentrate the competitions in as few places as possible and to build a large-scale Olympic village as well as to organize media activity in a single center and other regulations “that do not fit with the vision of the state government, such as South Tyrol should develop”.

According to Kompatscher, if the current regulations remain in place, it will become increasingly difficult for the Winter Olympics to have a future in Europe. “However, we do not rule out making existing competition infrastructure in South Tyrol available to other neighboring regions that apply,” emphasized the state governor. However, the prerequisite for this would be that no new, extraordinary and large investments are necessary, explained Kompatscher.

It is still unclear whether the provinces of Belluno and Trento will try to host the Olympics even without South Tyrol. Turin is also being discussed as a new venue for the Winter Games.

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No Olympic Games in South Tyrol

The state of South Tyrol will not submit an application as a venue for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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