Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall offered a simple suggestion to local government leaders from around the country gathered at the Utah Olympic Park Wednesday for a panel discussion on taking advantage of big events.

Organize a watch party for the community during the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy. Last month, Salt Lake City announced plans for family-friendly watch parties downtown throughout the next Olympics and Paralympics that follow for athletes with disabilities.

“You could at least look at doing an Opening Ceremonies watch party,” Mendenhall urged the nearly 100 attendees of this week’s National League of Cities summit in Salt Lake City who traveled by bus to the Park City site of Utah’s Olympic sliding track and ski jumps.

Tom Kelly, communications lea

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