Elizabeth Bid for the 2020 Winter Championships

Elizabeth will be New Edmund's bid for the 2020 Winter Sports Championships. This will be the first time that the Championships have been bidded for by New Edmund and will be the first Winter Games that New Edmund will compete in. In September 2018, Elizabeth City Council met with the New Edmund Olympic Committee to propose a bid for the Ulimaroa Capital to bid for the 2019 Winter Olympic Games. The bid has been widely supported by government, the public and stakeholders of Sport New Edmund. After a lack of talks between the Games for Elizabeth and the Maperdonnian Olympic Committee, it became apparent that the games were no longer going ahead and were being replaced with the Winter Sports Championships. New Edmund chose not to bid for the first Winter Sports Championships instead choosing to bid for the 2020 championships. On the 20th of June 2019 following the opening of accepting bids for the 2020 championships, New Edmund announced that Elizabeth will be their chosen city for the 2020 championships bidding and the official bid was placed to host the 2020 championships.

Venues


Elizabeth Sports Park will host the centrepiece for the games- both ceremonies as well as hosting the athletes and the medal ceremonies. A Live Site will also be set up next to the Elizabeth Stadium to become the centre showcase of the games.

New Edmunds, national recognised snowpark, Mt Bairnsdale will host most of the events at newly constructed facilities.

All venues will continue to be used at either local, community or professional level post games.

Ecological Impact:
These Games will be known as the Green Games. The Facilities have been set up to continue to keep the native animals and plants at its prime. No building or facilitiy can be built before it has been approved by the Elizabeth Ecological Impact Trust.

International Broadcast Center:
The Championships Broadcast Center will be at the Elizabeth Center in Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is right in the heart of the city where the Ceremonies and fan site will be based.

Athletes Village:
The Athletes Village will house athletes, officials and media in high rise apartments in a village style estate in the heart of Elizabeth right next to the Elizabeth Olympic Park. Post games a section of the village will be kept as accommodation for sporting teams and athletes that travel to Elizabeth to compete and train while the rest will be used as accommodation for the University of Elizabeth housing international and domestic students.

Transport:
Elizabeth has a rail link connecting the city from the Airport and has a rail, light rail and underground rail system in the city, All venues in Elizabeth will have transport right outside their doorstep. Shuttle Busses will be run from Elizabeth CBD, Elizabeth Olympic Park, Termination Points of Rail Stations directly to Mt Bairnsdale running express in the Olympic lanes. This is a 20 minute drive from the Elizabeth outer suburbs and will connect Mt Bairnsdale to Elizabeth for the games.

There is 2 Airports in Elizabeth. The Elizabeth Royal International Airport has facilities for both International and Domestic flights with Mt Bairnsdale Regional Airport flying regional planes to other regional destinations throughout New Edmund. Other public tranpsort in Elizabeth include light rail, rail, bus, and Airport Rail Link. Mt Bairnsdale Regional Airport will be open for athletes to fly direct to Mt Bairnsdale for the Championships.

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Safety and security:
Elizabeth Police will be employed across all the venues and public sites to ensure that the games will be a safe games. Security Checks will be made to everyone prior to entering the venues to make sure everyone is sage. Security is one of the focuses in Elizabeth and for the City of Elizabeth. Customs for getting into Elizabeth and Ulimaroa are strong as everyone needs to go through customs before entering the State. To get into Stadiums and places of intrest, everyone needs to go thru 'Airport Security Style Checks' to allow everywhere and everyone who enters Elizabeth to be 100% Safe. Police present is strong in Airports and around Major Events to ensure that safety is put first. Guns are banned from the country however people can only have a possession of a gun if they have a Gun licence to ensure that the Safety of Elizabeth is placed first.

KIDS Championships:
Schools will be invited to be part of KIDS Championships. This is a program for kids aged 6-12 to be involved in sport across the city with apearanes from the athletes as well. This is to get kids into sport!

Live Sites:
Across all the venues, live sites will be set up to get the spectators into the action and allow the Spirit to live on. This enolves screens of the events, athletes appearances, sponsor tents and food trucks.

Legacy:
All venues will be used post the games at either local, community or professional level. This is to ensure that the money used to bring the games to Elizabeth is well spent for the Elizabeth public and community to use.

Weather:
The weather in Mt Bairnsdale has an average temperature of -15-5 degress in the mountain ranges in Mt Bairnsdale while Elizabeth has an average temperature of -5-0 degress in winter while a chilly Elizabeth breeze comes through Elizabeth Port near the Airport.