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Originally Posted by valo403
Pretty difficult to see the Winter games going to South America simply due to the weather. Beijing is in the Northern hemisphere, and Rio and South Africa are sufficiently warm to still host the games near the Northern summer months. Is there anywhere in South America that would have the ability to host alpine events in January - March? The IOC is all for moving things around, I don't think they'll be backing a winter olympics in the northern summer anytime soon though.
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Yeah, it is a long shot for sure.
The angle I was taking with the Beijing and Rio examples was the move to less developed countries than the usual Europe/North America/sometimes Japan, Korea, Australia rotation.
As for the seasonal differences, moving the dates to accommodate that isn't without precedence. The Summer Games have been held in September, November, and even December before. I agree though that holding the Winter Olympics in May or June would not be as tenable.