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Has Colorado ever been picked to host the Olympics?
Voters passed a constitutional amendment forbidding the use of state funds to finance the games Nov. 7, 1972. Organizers had no choice but to rescind the IOC’s offer as the city needed millions of dollars for construction and other preparation costs in order to host the games.
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Sources
- The Olympic Studies Centre Denver '76 : the Winter Olympics and the politics of growth / Adam Berg
- Denver Public Library The Denver That Never Was: 1976 Winter Olympic Games
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