Utah 2034 releases it’s first Olympics ‘Games Plan’

Documents released about planning for the 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Utah. Photo: courtesy of Utah 2034 Games

SALT LAKE CITY — The Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Games marked Olympic Day on Tuesday by releasing the first edition of its Utah 2034 Games Plan, an 86-page document outlining the committee’s vision, priorities, and planning framework for the Games.

The committee describes the plan as an annually updated document designed to inform stakeholders and the public and to solicit feedback.

“Our Games Plan is a discussion document designed to serve as a framework for engagement with our stakeholder communities,” said Darren Hughes, Utah 2034 vice president of Games Delivery, in a statement. “We’re on a journey to 2034, and we want our stakeholders and delivery partners to come along with us.”

The document builds on the Future Host Questionnaire developed by the former bid committee in 2024, updated to reflect the Organizing Committee’s work over its first 15 months and to outline key areas for future planning.

“The Utah 2034 Games Plan informs us of our direction and what elements are important to us, but it is also a tool for us to gauge what’s important for the public,” Hughes said.

The plan is organized around a three-part vision — elevating communities, elevating sport, and elevating the Games experience — and structured into five portfolios:

• Impact: Ensuring the Games create positive outcomes and long-term legacies for communities across Utah.
• Experience: Connecting local communities and global audiences through physical and digital means before, during, and after the Games.
• Engage: Linking local communities, stakeholders, and fans worldwide with Olympic and Paralympic brands, values, and purpose.
• Deliver: Coordinating with local, regional, state, and federal authorities to ensure seamless Games delivery.
• Enable: Building a lean, adaptable organization within a balanced budget, supported by commercial partnerships, philanthropy, ticketing, and hospitality.

With the Games still nearly eight years away, the plan introduces a Games Lifecycle framework with two strategic horizons. Through 2030, the Organizing Committee will focus on establishing organizational, financial, partnership, and planning foundations — a phase it calls Strategic Horizon One. Beginning in 2030, Strategic Horizon Two will guide the organization through operational planning, the 2034 Winter Games, and the transition to legacy realization.

The Organizing Committee is accepting public feedback at info@utah2034.org.