Travel Italy: 2026 Winter Olympics venues are spread over an area the size of New Jersey

 

Square miles of New Jersey:  8,723

Headline:  New York Times, 2/3/2026

Jason Horowitz reports:

Venues are hundreds of miles apart, and even the seemingly closer ones are separated by winding, icy mountain roads and vast valleys. The men’s downhill competition will be in Bormio, north of Milan. Nordic skiing will be in the Val di Fiemme, the biathlon in Anterselva, near the border with Austria. Officials have cast the choice as innovative and sustainable, avoiding major new construction while improving local infrastructure like the road network around the tunnel blessed by the bishop. They have also pitched the diffuse strategy as a gift to spectators, giving them more of Italy to explore.