NY Times · May 24, 2023
The 2026 Winter Olympics Are Looking Beyond the Horizon
Andrea Varnier, chief executive of the Milan-Cortina organizing committee, talks about managing the most sprawling Games in history, and why he thinks it could be a model for future Olympics.
Andrea Varnier inside Milan’s San Siro, the site of the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics.Credit...Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Organizing CommitteeThe floor-to-ceiling windows in Andrea Varnier’s 44th-floor office offer a sweeping view of Milan and some of the mountains that will host the 2026 Winter Olympics, but Varnier jokes that the panorama is not for him. He is almost never in this office, he admits. He rarely uses the desk. There is just no time to sit still, he says with a shrug.