Denver weighs another Olympic bid

More than four decades after Denver became the only city to withdraw as an Olympic host after winning a bid, it is exploring whether to try again when many cities have decided it’s not worth it.

The original bid promised thousands more hotel rooms than existed and a cross-country ski course that looked good on paper but would have cut through people’s backyards.

The pitch worked, but after Denver won a bid to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, its plan unraveled amid questions about the environmental impact, ballooning costs and logistics of hosting such a big event in a quickly growing state.