in the last 12 years? London, Sochi (Russia), Rio, Pyeoungchang (South Korea), Tokyo, Beijing, Paris.

The bigger draw is that they know the location can host the games in a high quality fashion—including venues will be ready and at a high standard. And there was probably some bribery involved (an ethical and accepted bribery per international standards of course). A bonus on that is that SLC is one of the very few cities who actually ended up making a profit after hosting them. And this go around, the infrastructure bill will be even less due to the care and maintenance of the venues since the Olympics in 2002.