Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics the event entirely before a compromise was reached three months before the Olympics. M-Wave has hosted three World Speed Skating Championships since the Olympics while the Spiral has hosted a couple of World championships in bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton. Nagano first attempted to host the Winter Olympics in 1940, but lost out to Sapporo. Those Olympics were abandoned in 1937 when Japan invaded China for the second time, forcing Sapporo's withdrawal. The city tried again for the Winter Olympics in 1968 in 1961, but lost out in domestic voting to Sapporo who in turn lost out to Grenoble, France in
Venues of the 1992 Winter Olympics accompaniment of The Ramones' "Rock 'n' Roll High School" in a snowstorm. La Plagne hosted the skeleton part of the FIBT World Championships in 1993. The venue was part of Annecy's unsuccessful bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics in July 2011. If selected, La Plagne would have hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events. Val-d'Isère hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2009. The venue continues to host be a host of the annual FIS Alpine Ski World Cup. The speed skating venue was converted into an athletics and football venue after the Olympics. Olympic Hall is in use