Oslo 2022 Slashing Up to $1.6 Billion from Olympic Budget

(ATR) Venues from Lillehammer 1994 would be part of the Oslo bid overhaul.

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OSLO, NORWAY - MARCH 17: . A general view of atmosphere at the FIS World Cup Nordic Holmenkollen 2013 on March 17, 2013 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Ragnar Singsaas/Getty Images)
OSLO, NORWAY - MARCH 17: . A general view of atmosphere at the FIS World Cup Nordic Holmenkollen 2013 on March 17, 2013 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Ragnar Singsaas/Getty Images)

(ATR) Venues from the Lillehammer Olympics would be part of the Oslo Olympic bid overhaul.

Over the weekend, Oslo city leaders confirmed they are dramatically scaling down the cost of the Oslo 2022 Olympics. Public support for the bid has failed to reach a critical mass in Oslo or Norway, in part due to the cost of the Games. The non-OCOG budget for Oslo 2022 is pegged at around $6 billion.

However, Norwegian media reports from the weekend say officials are scrapping plans for new venues for bialthon and ice events, instead using venues left over from the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. Additionally, ski jump will be moved to a new site and an ice venue intended for Oslo will be built in the town of Drammen.

Under the original bid proposal, Oslo had a "Games in the City" concept.

"We have heard and seen the debate about the Olympics and Paralymics, and we’re taking it seriously," Oslo Mayor Stian Berger Roslan told the Norwegian daily Aftenposten. "We’re aware there’s concern both for the total costs, for the public funding that will be needed and for whether we’re sufficiently challenging the various demands of the IOC."

The Norwegian government will decide whether to approve a 2022 bid this fall.

Oslo is running against Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan for the right to stage the 2022 Olympics. The IOC will select a host in 2015.

Written by Ed Hula III

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