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Hochul Visits Lake Placid in Push to Bring Olympics Back to New York
The committee will spend a year weighing a bid as Hochul cites $750 million in site investments and hopes to spur jobs and tourism.
- On Monday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul visited Lake Placid to launch a yearlong exploratory committee assessing a potential 2042 Winter Olympics bid for the region.
- With Lake Placid having hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980, Hochul committed $750 million to upgrade Olympic sites, aiming to bring the Games back for a third time.
- The exploratory committee will evaluate infrastructure over the next 10 months, considering venues like UBS Arena to determine if the state can support a successful bid.
- Assemblyman Bobby Carroll, a committee member, said the facilities are "great places for hockey, short track speed skating, figure skating," while Hochul emphasizes the bid's potential to unify New York.
- Despite recent polling showing more than 60% of voters dissatisfied with Hochul, she positions the Olympic initiative as a strategy to spur regional economic development and create jobs.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul tours the Olympic Museum in Lake Placid on Monday, August 3, 2026.(Emily Russell / North Country Public Radio)Gov. Kathy Hochul was in Lake Placid on Monday to tour some of the Olympic facilities as New York explores a bid to host the 2042 Winter Games.The first stop on Hochul’s tour was the Olympic Museum. She looked over the collection of gold medals from previous games, greeted some visitors, and stopped to see the Olympic t…
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