Cabinet Secretary Giancarlo
Giorgetti said Tuesday that the idea of staging a combined bid
for the 2026 Winter Olympics by Milan, Turin and Cortina
d'Ampezzo was "dead" due to differences between the cities.
"I think that with an important thing like an Olympic bid, a
spirit of agreement must prevail and I have not found that in
the three cities," said Giorgetti, who has the brief for sport.
"That's why the government does not think that a bid as
formulated up to now can go any further.
"This type of proposal does not have the support of the
government.
"It is dead".
Veneto Governor Luca Zaia and Lombardy Governor Attilio
Fontana, however, proposed staging a two-way bid led by Milan
and Cortina, without Turin, so Italy could still land the Games.
"Having come this far, it is unthinkable to throw it all out
of the window," Zaia and Fontana, who are members of the League
like Giorgetti, said in a joint statement.
"The bid should be saved, which is why we are willing to
carry forward this challenge together.
"If Turin is pulling out, and we are sorry, at this point,
two realities are left, Veneto and Lombardy, so we'll keep going
with the Lombardy-Veneto Olympics".
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