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and

2026 Winter Paralympics The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games (), also known as the 2026 Winter Paralympics and commonly referred to as Milano Cortina 2026, is an upcoming international winter multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, scheduled to tak ...

, hosted by the cities of

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

and

Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; , ; historical ) sometimes abbreviated to simply Cortina, is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomites, Dolomitic) Alps in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the ...

, will make use of 25 event venues across four clusters in

northern Italy Northern Italy (, , ) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines the region as encompassing the four Northwest Italy, northwestern Regions of Italy, regions of Piedmo ...

. These consist of nineteen existing venues, two newly built venues, and four temporary venues. Over 90% of the venues consist of ones that already exist or temporary ones. The Games are reportedly set to be the most geographically widespread in Olympic history; the use of existing venues means the events will be held in an area spanning more than .

Milano Cluster

contains four competition venues for four Olympic sports and one Paralympic sport. Construction on a new 16,000-seat ice hockey venue in the Santa Giulia area commenced on 28 November 2023 at an initial estimate of €180 million; however, an additional €70–90 million is reportedly needed due to rising costs of energy and materials. Six buildings that will comprise an Olympic and Paralympic Village in Milan are being built at the

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of the Milano Porta Romana railway station; the project's initial cost of €100 million was later revised to €140 million. Temporary arenas are being built at the Fiera Milano Rho complex for ice hockey and speed skating at a cost of €15 million. * Milano San Siro Olympic Stadium – Olympic opening ceremony * Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena – ice hockey, para ice hockey * Milano Ice Park in

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– IBC, MBC, ice hockey, speed skating * Milano Ice Skating Arena in

Assago Assago ( sˈsaːɡo Milanese: ''Assagh'' ˈsɑːk ''Sagh'' ɑːk is a town and ''comune'' of 9 326 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the northern Italian region of Lombardy. It is home of the headquarters of Nestlé's Italian ...

– figure skating, short track * Milano Olympic & Paralympic Village * Piazza del Duomo – TV studios, megastore

Cortina Cluster

contains four competition venues for five Olympic sports and three Paralympic sports. In addition, the venue for biathlon is located in Antholz. Impresa Pizzarotti has started on construction of a new bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Cortina d'Ampezzo at a cost of €81 million. The

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made the decision to rebuild the former track in Cortina d'Ampezzo used during the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( or ), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which ...

despite opposition from the

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. The project has received criticism from environmental groups due to the planned felling of of larch forest. However, there are concerns that the venue will not be finished in time for the Games;

Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run The Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton (sport), skeleton in the United States, located at the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York. This venue was used for the 1932 Winter Olym ...

in Lake Placid, United States, has been selected as the back-up venue for the sliding events. Venues in Austria (

Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck The Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton (sport), skeleton located in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck). The most recent version of the track was completed in 1975 and is the first permanent, combinati ...

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) and Switzerland (

St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun The Olympia Bob Run St. Moritz-Celerina is a bobsleigh track located in the Engadin, Engadin Valley, Switzerland. It officially opened on New Year's Day 1904 and is the oldest bobsleigh track in the world. It is also the only one that is naturally ...

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) were previously discussed as back-up sites. Construction has also started on the temporary Olympic and Paralympic Village in , located north of Cortina d'Ampezzo. It will accommodate around 1,400 guests and has a cost of around €39 million. In addition, the Olympic Village at

Anterselva Rasen-Antholz (; ) is a municipality in South Tyrol in northern Italy. Geography The municipal area stretches along the Antholz valley, a northern side valley of the larger Puster Valley. In the northeast, the Staller Saddle mountain pass, at a ...

will use existing hotels. * Cortina Olympic Stadium, Cortina d'Ampezzo – curling, wheelchair curling, Paralympic closing ceremony * Cortina Para Snowboard Park – para snowboard *

Cortina Sliding Centre The Cortina Sliding Centre "Eugenio Monti" (commonly referred to as the Cortina Sliding Centre) is a sliding venue under-construction in the alpine village of Cortina d'Ampezzo in Veneto, Italy. It is being purpose-built to host the bobsleigh, ...

– bobsleigh, skeleton, luge * Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre, Cortina d'Ampezzo – alpine skiing, para alpine skiing * Anterselva Biathlon Arena,

Rasen-Antholz Rasen-Antholz (; ) is a municipality in South Tyrol in northern Italy. Geography The municipal area stretches along the Antholz valley, a northern side valley of the larger Puster Valley. In the northeast, the Staller Saddle mountain pass, at a ...

– biathlon * Cortina Olympic & Paralympic Village * Anterselva Olympic Village

Valtellina Cluster

Bormio Bormio (, , ) is a town and ''comune'' with a population of about 4,100 located in the Province of Sondrio, Lombardy region of the Alps in northern Italy. The centre of the upper Valtellina valley, it is a popular winter sports resort. It was the ...

contains one competition venue for two Olympic sports, while

Livigno Livigno (; local ; ) is a town, ''comune'' and a special-administered territory in the province of Sondrio, in the region of Lombardy, Italy, located in the Italian Alps, near the Swiss border. History Livigno's first settlers were probably sh ...

contains two competition venues for two Olympic sports. In both towns, existing hotels will be act as the Olympic Villages, with four in the former and three in the latter. On 11 December 2024, Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park was inaugurated as the first venue to be ready for the 2026 Games. * Stelvio Ski Centre, Bormio – alpine skiing, ski mountaineering * , Livigno – freestyle skiing, snowboarding * Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park – freestyle skiing * Bormio Olympic Village * Livigno Olympic Village

Val di Fiemme Cluster

Predazzo Predazzo (, literally big meadow) is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Trento, northern Italy. Predazzo is located about 58 kilometres northeast of Trento in Val di Fiemme. It is one of the main centers of Val di Fiemme (the other is C ...

contains one competition venue for two Olympic sports, while

Tesero Tésero (''Tiézer'' in local dialect) is a ''Communes of Trentino, comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italy, Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located in the Val di Fiemme about northeast of Trento. The municipalit ...

contains one competition venue for two Olympic sports and two Paralympic sports. The Olympic and Paralympic Village in Predazzo will be located on the grounds of the . It consists of five pavilions at a total cost of approximately €50 million. * Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium, Predazzo – ski jumping, Nordic combined (wind net required) * Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Tesero – cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, para biathlon, para cross-country skiing * Predazzo Olympic & Paralympic Village

Verona

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

contains one non-competition venue that will host two ceremonies. * Verona Olympic Arena – Olympic closing ceremony, Paralympic opening ceremony

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