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Europe Says ‘No Thanks’ to the 2022 Winter Olympics
Oslo is the latest city to withdraw its candidacy to take on the costly task of hosting the games
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Hosting the Olympics has long been expensive, but that’s never stopped cities around the world from competing to hold the games. As plans get under way for the 2022 Winter Olympics, voters in some cities are expressing doubts about whether blowing their budgets on fancy venues is worth the trouble and expense. The latest to withdraw its candidacy, in October, was Oslo. That leaves Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the running.