Overview
- The Winter Olympics run 6–22 February with the opening at San Siro in Milan and the closing in Verona’s arena.
- Webcams and local measurements show very limited natural snow at Bormio, including roughly 20 centimeters at about 1,945 meters after more than a month without new snowfall.
- SiMiCo chief Massimo Saldini says Livigno’s snowmaking issues are resolved with all 53 cannons operational, capacity to produce 28,000 cubic meters per day, and 160,000 cubic meters already made.
- Infrastructure work continues at key sites, with the Milano SantaGiulia Ice Hockey Arena still showing construction features such as scaffolding, missing seats, and incomplete pedestrian access.
- Ticket sales reportedly reached about 800,000 of roughly 1.2 million by December, and German viewers will have coverage on ARD, ZDF, and Eurosport.