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Will Åre/Östersund, Sweden bid for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?

Settled as No

The International Olympic Committee announced Friday that three applications have been submitted to host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. The cities of Annecy, France; Munich, Germany and PyeongChang, South Korea have been nominated by their National Olympic Committees and will begin a campaign that will conclude with a final vote in Durban, South Africa on July 6, 2011.

http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/winter_olympic_bids/2018_bid_news/1216134784.html

Background:

Background: When Sochi, Russia was revealed to host the 2014 Winter Games, Sveriges Radio announced that a bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics will be investigated by SOK (The Swedish Olympic Committee) together with the Swedish government.

The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, will be celebrated in 2018, and are an international winter sports athletic event that has yet to be organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The organization, under the leadership of Jacques Rogge, is currently preparing to mount calls for cities to bid for hosting the event. The deadline for bids is January 2009.

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
Yes
52%
No
48%
Settled as No on Mon 9th Nov 2:45pm PST

Suspend date: Thu 15th Oct 7:59am PST
Settlement date: Mon 9th Nov 2:45pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 15th Oct 7:59am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 40%

Action history:

Created Tue 2nd Dec 2008 5:39am PST by shojun
Suspended Wed 31st Dec 2008 7:59am PST : Suspend date reached
Changed Suspend date Thu 18th Jun 5:35pm PST by tisha[Admin]: was: "2008-12-31 07:59:00"
Unsuspended Thu 18th Jun 5:35pm PST by tisha[Admin]: The deadline for applications is mid-October 2009. The suspend date has been moved accordingly.
Suspended Thu 15th Oct 7:59am PST : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'No' Mon 9th Nov 2:45pm PST by mrperfkt[Admin]: The International Olympic Committee announced Friday that three applications have been submitted to host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. The cities of Annecy, France; Munich, Germany and PyeongChang, South Korea have been nominated by their National Olympic Committees and will begin a campaign that will conclude with a final vote in Durban, South Africa on July 6, 2011.

http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/winter_olympic_bids/2018_bid_news/1216134784.html

Suspend date: Thu 15th Oct 7:59am PST
Settlement date: Mon 9th Nov 2:45pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 15th Oct 7:59am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (5)

21 weeks ago
philphan1 predicted Yes (H$20 at 47%)
46 weeks ago
opie predicted No (H$20 at 54%)
50 weeks ago
pitchedoutsideleg predicted Yes (H$2,000 at 43%)

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