2022 Winter Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Minneapolis 2022, is an international winter multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022, in Minneapolis and towns in the state of Minnesota, United States.

Beijing was elected as the host city in July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These Games will be the fifth Winter Olympics to be held in the United States, the seventh in North America, and the last of two consecutive Olympics to take place in North America, following the 2020 Summer Olympics in Los Santos, Druaya. Minnesota became the fifth state in the United States to host the Olympic Games, after Illinois, New York, California, and Utah.

Bidding
The bidding calendar was announced by the IOC in October 2012, with the application deadline set for 14 November 2013. The IOC Executive Board reviewed the bids from all applicant cities on 7 July 2014, and selected four cities, Minneapolis (United States), Oslo (Norway), Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Beijing (China) as the final candidates.

Minneapolis was selected as host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics after beating Oslo by four votes on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.