PyeongChang To Host Opening, Closing Ceremonies Of 2018 Winter Olympics

PyeongChang organizers "have scrapped plans to stage the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympic outside of the host city," according to the AP. South Korea Minister for Culture, Sports & Tourism Lee Jong-deok, Provincial Mayor Choi Moon-soon and 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee President Cho Yang-ho "met this week to decide whether or not to renovate an existing sports stadium in nearby Gangneung to stage the ceremonies or build a new facility in Pyeongchang." The culture ministry later released a statement. It said, "The venue for the opening and closing ceremonies ... will be built in Pyeongchang. After the games, the relevant parties will discuss how to make use of the facility." The new PyeongChang venue will have a capacity of 40,000 (AP, 10/16).