US Edition'It's five hours away' | The Milan Cortina Games are the most spread-out Olympics ever. Athletes and fans are struggling to adapt
Spread across over 8,500 square miles, the Games use existing infrastructure and temporary villages to reduce costs and provide regional economic benefits, organizers said.
- On Feb. 6, the Milano‑Cortina 2026 Games start as the first multi-hub Olympics, spanning four clusters and over 22,000 square kilometres, with venues in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
- Amid rising costs and climate concerns, organizers of the Feb. 6–22 Games chose to rely on existing infrastructure and spread events across northern Italy, reducing new construction.
- Logistics reveal venues sit roughly 250 miles apart, with housing in Milan, Cortina, Anterselva, Bormio, Livigno and Val di Fiemme, plus a Cortina temporary Olympic Village.
- Athletes and spectators face immediate effects: medals will be awarded at venues, and travel distances cause discontent among athletes, with some missing village bonding.
- Beyond the fortnight of competition, Milan will be the only city receiving a legacy Olympic Village, planned to become housing for 1,700 students, and organizers say they will have hit three of the four Olympic clusters, driven by cost and climate considerations.
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The competitions of Milan/Cortina form a patchwork over northern Italy. In the future, there will need to be even more local dispersion – even across national borders
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'It's five hours away' | The Milan Cortina Games are the most spread-out Olympics ever. Athletes and fans are struggling to adapt
Some events at the 2026 Winter Olympics are hundreds of miles apart, making it a massive undertaking to see different competitions across the vast area.
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