PARIS (AP) — The head of Annecy’s bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics says he’s not worried by a poll indicating half of the residents of the lakeside town are opposed to the project.
A survey by the Opinion Way Institute for local radio in Annecy, France, showed that 50 percent of the 505 people questioned are against the Olympics, including 26 percent who are “very unfavorable.”
Annecy, widely considered the outsider, is competing against Pyeongchang, South Korea, and Munich. The International Olympic Committee will select the host city on July 6 in Durban, South Africa.
Annecy bid leader Charles Beigbeder tells The Associated Press that “once we will be awarded the games, we will have plenty of time to work with (Annecy citizens) and to take into account their legitimate concerns.”
