1972 Denver Winter Olympics referendum

none Amendment 8 514,228 350,964 865,192 File:Colorado Amendment 8 Results 1972.svg County results For #47729E 70%–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60%–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50%–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Against #DEDEBD 50%–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid An Act to Amend Articles X and XI of the State Constitution to prohibit the State from levying taxes and appropriating or loaning funds for the purpose of aiding or furthering the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. The Denver Winter Olympics referendum was held in November 1972 following the awarding to Denver of the 1976 Winter Olympics.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aNFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MH8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1930%2C1952173 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah UPI Winter Olympics out in Colorado November 8, 1972 A4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KgpWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1893%2C2046827 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Voters reject 'privilege' November 8, 1972 1C The selection process for the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of four bids, and saw Denver, Colorado, United States, selected ahead of Sion, Switzerland; Tampere, Finland; and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The selection was made at the 70th IOC Session in Amsterdam on 12 May 1970.http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml Past Olympic host city election results GamesBids 17 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html 24 January 2011 dead In a 1972 referendum, voters in Colorado rejected funding for the Olympics, the only time a city awarded the Olympics rejected them.http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/millennium/1012stone.shtml Colorado only state ever to turn down Olympics 12 October 1999 Sanko John Rocky Mountain News 16 March 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090601181029/http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/millennium/1012stone.shtml 1 June 2009 Denver officially withdrew on 15 November, and Sion, the runner-up, also declined to host the Olympics. The IOC then offered the Olympics to Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of government following elections. Whistler went on to be associated with neighbouring Vancouver's successful bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Salt Lake City, Utah, offered to host, then pulled its bid and was replaced by Lake Placid, New York.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KrBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3zIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4345%2C6227411 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Salt Lake withdrawal may not leave U.S. out January 31, 1973 10https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FqxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3594%2C502776 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Lake Placid assured of welcome February 2, 1973 22 Still reeling from the Denver rejection, the IOC declined and on 5 February 1973, selected Innsbruck, Austria, which had hosted nine years earlier in 1964. In autumn 1974, Lake Placid was awarded the 1980 Winter Olympics, its second; Salt Lake hosted in 2002 and will again in 2034. To date, Colorado has yet to host an Olympics. Contents The amendment appeared on the ballot as:Colorado Winter Olympic Games Funding and Tax, Measure 8 (1972) https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Winter_Olympic_Games_Funding_and_Tax,_Measure_8_(1972) 2022-12-12 Ballotpedia en An Act to Amend Articles X and XI of the State Constitution to prohibit the State from levying taxes and appropriating or loaning funds for the purpose of aiding or furthering the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. Aftermath Richard Lamm was an obscure state legislator from Denver when he led the campaign; after the referendum he was elected to three terms as governor, serving from 1975 to 1987.Colorado http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Colorado.htm Initiative & Referendum Institute University of Southern California 26 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141007052600/http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Colorado.htm 2014-10-07 dead Within three months, Innsbruck, Austria was selected as the replacement city, hosting the Winter Olympics for the second time, after 1964.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GaxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2730%2C1104935 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Innsbruck gets '76 Games February 5, 1973 10https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tFQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=clMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=678%2C1794742 Pittsburgh Press UPI Innsbruck given Winter Olympics February 5, 1973 25 See also List of Colorado ballot measures References Further reading Berg Adam The Olympics that Never Happened: Denver '76 and the Politics of Growth Austin University of Texas Press 2023 9781477326459 Category:1972 Colorado ballot measures Category:Constitution of Colorado Category:1976 Winter Olympics bids Category:Olympic Games bids by the United States [[Category:Sports ballot measures in the United States]]