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Will New Zealand 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: According to 2007 reports, the New Zealand Olympic Committee is pushing for a bid for a Winter Olympic Games. Whilst no city has yet applied to the NZOC, suggestions include Queenstown and Dunedin, or a bid covering the whole of New Zealand, the country's South Island or the Otago and Southland regions. No certain specific Games has been specified, however 2018, 2022 or 2026 are most likely. A successful New Zealand bid would be the first Winter Olympics held in the Southern Hemisphere, the nation and the Oceania region.

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
49%
No
51%
Settled as No on Mon 9th Nov 2:46pm PST

Suspend date: Thu 15th Oct 7:59am PST
Settlement date: Mon 9th Nov 2:46pm 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: 65%

Action history:

Created Tue 2nd Dec 2008 6:02am PST by shojun
Suspended Wed 31st Dec 2008 7:59am PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Fri 20th Feb 7:18am PST by keithccc: this has been suspended for rather a long time now.
Settlement requested Mon 8th Jun 4:48am PST by zeebac: this question must sometime come to a settlement and since jan 2009 is finished some months ago i recomend a settlement of no
Changed Suspend date Thu 18th Jun 5:39pm PST by tisha[Admin]: was: "2008-12-31 07:59:00"
Unsuspended Thu 18th Jun 5:39pm 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 2:46pm 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 2:46pm 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 (15)

18 weeks ago
philphan1 predicted Yes (H$20 at 54%)
46 weeks ago
keithccc predicted No (H$50 at 46%)
47 weeks ago
freeze predicted Yes (H$20 at 54%)
47 weeks ago
zeebac predicted No (H$300 at 46%)
48 weeks ago
gonegonegone predicted Yes (H$20 at 55%)

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