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Olympic Winter Games Venue Infrastructure Future Host Questionnaire YOUR VISION FOR THE OLYMPIC WINTER Freestyle Skiing - Women - United States GAMES Future Host Questionnaire 1 CONTENTS 1 Vision, Games Concept and Legacy 3 1.1 Vision and Legacy 4 1.2 Venue Master Plan 4 1.3 Alignment with City/ Regional Development Plans 5 1.4 Venue Funding 6 1.5 Dates of the Games 6 2 Games Experience 10 2.1 Athlete Experience 11 2.2 Olympic Village(s) 12 2.3 Spectator & Fan Experience / Community Engagement 13 3 Paralympic Games 15 4 Sustainability 19 5 Governance 23 5.1 Overall Games Governance 24 5.2 Human Rights 24 5.3 Transport Governance 24 5.4 Safety and Security Governance 25 5.5 Legacy Governance 25 6 Economics of the Games 27 7 Technical Annexes 34 8 Instructions for the Preferred Host Submission 35 Luge - Men - Italy 9 Photo credits 36 Biathlon - Women - Ukraine Future Host Questionnaire 3 The Olympic Games have the power to deliver long-lasting benefits that can positively impact a community, its image and its infrastructure. To take full advantage of the opportunities that hosting an Olympic Games and Paralympic Games can provide, clear objectives must be in place for what you want the Games to deliver to your citizens, city, region and country. And to be truly sustainable, these objectives must align with your long-term development planning and goals. A strong vision can inspire not only your local com- munity but also the worldwide community and be your showcase to the world. Your Olympic project 12 VISION, should have a common thread that runs through the lead-up to the Games and during Games-time and beyond into the delivery of legacy projects. GAMES CONCEPT The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will work closely with you to develop an Olympic project that is sustainable and cost-effective, as well as aligned with your sporting, economic, social and AND LEGACY environmental long-term planning needs. We strongly encourage the use of existing and temporary venues wherever new permanent venues are not supported by viable business plans that fulfil long-term needs of the local community. Olympic Agenda 2020 encourages you to consider innovative alternatives, including venues outside the host region or country if no suitable local venue exists. Your legacy plan should focus on a range of benefits, including economic, environmental, social, health, cultural, sporting, and urban. Vision, Games Concept and Legacy 4 1.1 1.2 Vision and Legacy Venue Master Plan Vision Games Concept Label each transport infrastructure item on the IOC Guiding Principles – Venues 01 03 map consistent with a unique number (use same The selection of venues is a critical success factor numbers as will be applied in Annex 10: Transport for the Olympic Games, as they significantly impact Describe your vision for the Olympic Winter Outline your Olympic Winter Games Venue Infrastructure. Games operations and legacy outcomes. It is Games. What is the “unique story” of your Games? Master Plan and describe: therefore important that Preferred Hosts and their • The rationale for the selection of venues Should any venue or your main international airport Government/City partners have a coherent venue Legacy • The key differentiators or characteristics of not appear on this map, please use an arrow to strategy that maximises use of existing venues 02 your Games concept that will help showcase indicate its direction and the distance. On the map, and leverages the Olympic Games to enhance Outline the expected long-term benefits for your city/region and how this has been please draw a 10km radius around the Olympic relevant and sustainable sport infrastructure. your city/region/country and communities with incorporated in your Venue Master Plan Village(s). Provide a legend including the scale Where there is no viable business plan and/or long- respect to: used and indicate the North arrow. term community benefit, temporary and adapted solutions must be developed. • Sport for all and physical activity 04 • Competitive sport development Provide a Concept Map (Map A) for the Olympic 05 For this stage of Games planning, it is important • Social development through sport (education, Winter Games: A map of your city/region on Use Table 5 (Olympic Winter Games Competition to establish a feasible venue solution that includes gender equality, health and peace, inclusivity) which your project is superimposed, thus giving Venue Overview) to list for each sport/discipline: overlay, operations, transition to Paralympic Games • Human skills, networks and innovation a complete visual overview of your project. • All proposed competition venues (where applicable) and retrofit. • Culture and creative development • Sport • Environmental benefits Instructions for the Concept Map: • Name of zone (if any) Some guiding principles include: • Economic benefits The map should be no larger than A3 with the • Name of cluster (if any) • Venues must be aligned with the Master graphic scale used clearly indicated, showing • Gross seating and standing (where applicable) Describe your legacy vision and provide an over- Plan and post-Games legacy plans of the your project superimposed over the city/region. capacities of competition venues view of your legacy programme, including: City/Region • Temporary seating capacity • Sustainability principles, including resource • Priority themes, targets and timescales Map A should include all key Olympic venues and • Legacy seating capacity efficiencies, should be integrated into all • Potential funding sources major infrastructure, including: • Current and post-Games use of venue aspects of venue design, planning and • Proactive communication and public engage- • Games time warm-up capacity (if required for • Competition venues construction ment strategy the sport/discipline) • Opening/Closing Ceremony venue(s) • For site selection and venue location: • Olympic Village(s) Please consider that those legacy outcomes The venues in Table 5 (Olympic Winter Games – Prioritise use of existing and planned venues, • Other accommodation village(s) would be delivered through the whole lifecycle Competition Venue Overview) should be including giving consideration to existing • Any major live sites or celebration/festival of the project. attributed a unique number. venues in other cities, regions and countries sites and medal plaza(s) – Build new permanent venues only if there • IOC Hotels In addition, also indicate how your Games will is a viable legacy business plan and a guar- • Main Press Centre (MPC) contribute to the development of the Olympic anteed long-term post-Games use • International Broadcast Centre (IBC) Winter Games, including Olympic sports and the – If there is no legacy need, seek a temporary • Main transport infrastructure (airport(s), Olympic values. solution, including temporary adaptation of motorways, train/metro lines, etc.) existing venues or fully temporary/relocat- able venues Vision, Games Concept and Legacy 5 1.2 1.3 Venue Master Plan Alignment with City/ Continued Regional Development Plans • There are no minimum requirements for venue Venue Delivery Process 08 Alignment with City/ capacities. Instead, the capacity is to be For new permanent venues (if any) Regional Development Plans If land has to be acquired or is yet to be secured defined according to the context taking into 07 under any form of license or agreement for any of 10 account the following criteria: For each type of organisation (e.g. Organising your key Olympic venues, please describe: Explain the strategic rationale for hosting the – Capacity of any existing venue to be used Committee for the Olympic Games (“OCOG”), Games in terms of long-term city/regional • The venues involved – Capacity of a new or renovated venue for government, other) that will manage a venue development. • The process and timelines of land acquisition legacy use post-Games planning and delivery process of key Olympic and any legal requirements • Demonstrate how your Games concept will – Temporary capacity increase for Games use venues, describe the development (planning and • The process and timeline to confirm a licence align with existing city/regional development – Accessibility design) process, including major stages, time- or other appropriate agreement plans and strategies – Popularity of the sport in the host city/ lines, local community consultation, protest and • Any risks to the acquisition or licensing process • Explain the alignment of your Games concept region/country appeal procedures, environmental/sustainability/ • The organisation(s) responsible for with your existing long-term/development – Single or multiple sessions per day patrimonial impact assessments, and tender securing the land plans on the basis of: – Full stadia considerations: ability to sell processes. Indicate also approximate timelines tickets and avoid empty seats for each of the stages. This should also include – Social parameters (including sports and Event Delivery Capability – Athlete friendly details of the possibility of foreign companies healthy lifestyles) – Terrain venue footprint and layout (out- submitting tenders. 09 – Urban planning door venues) Do you have any existing event delivery capability – Mobility (outline how your Games transport • Is this process subject to any laws, codes or – Transport capacity – inbound/outbound with experience in hosting regular major events? strategy aligns with transport develop- regulations? For sport events, please list applicable sports/ ment plans) • Identify any projects required for the Games Transport
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