Milan and Cortina are a few hours apart like New York and Lake Placid. Some see an Olympic blueprint

"Imagine: A sprawling world-class city and a small mountain village with a rich Olympic history, separated by about five or six hours, collaborate and play host to a truly dual-host Winter Games. Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo pulled it off. And some wonder if New York and Lake Placid could do the same. To be clear, this is no more than an idea, a dream, a hope at this point."

"Carroll was among a group of athletes and officials - International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation President Ivo Ferriani and Lake Placid Deputy Mayor Jackie Kelly among them - who were at a reception in Cortina d'Ampezzo this week. The event was put together to celebrate the friendship between Lake Placid and Cortina, two mountain towns that now are in the extremely small club of multiple-time Winter Games hosts."

"Talk turned to the future, and the prospects of a Lake Placid Olympics again one day. The Games have grown far too big for the Adirondack village to host on its own like it did in 1932 and 1980, hence the notion of having New York be involved as well. "I hope you will succeed very soon - New York and Lake Placid together," Ferriani told the group, drawing plenty of applause."

Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo successfully hosted a dual-host Winter Games, combining a sprawling city and a small mountain village separated by five or six hours. New York state Assemblyman Robert Carroll believes a similar New York–Lake Placid model could work and began outlining plans after traveling between Milan and Cortina via public transit. A reception in Cortina brought athletes and officials, including Ivo Ferriani and Lake Placid Deputy Mayor Jackie Kelly, to celebrate ties between the mountain towns. Officials noted the Winter Games have grown too large for Lake Placid to host alone, prompting proposals for New York involvement and earliest consideration around 2042.

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