a 21-mile radius at two main bases, Annecy and Chamonix, which are less than an hour apart and linked by motorway and the "Games Train". All alpine skiing would take place in Chamonix, which would also host ice hockey. All freestyle skiing and snowboard were centered on Annecy. Curling was relocated to Annecy, the hub of most ice sports, meaning that the Olympic Village would have been a little bigger than previously, to accommodate 2,500 athletes and officials. The revised bid moved the second Olympic Village (1,500 beds) from the Mont Blanc valley into the center of Chamonix. On March 28, 2011, the CAO (Annecy Anti-Olympic Committee) stated that it wanted to tell people about what "not only the excesses of the Olympics, the sport business, the financial stakes of multinationals and unacceptable demands of the IOC, but also on adverse impacts on the environment and on uncontrolled public spending with long-term debt for the Olympic city". The group said it had collected 13,140 names for its petition opposing plans to bring the Winter Olympics to Annecy. In a press release issued on the 28th, the opposition group cited information reported exclusively by media outlet Around the Rings that an IOC poll showed only 51 percent of the local population supports the Annecy candidacy. Bid costs were US$ 21 million. Venue construction was set for $419 million and transport/infrastructure costs (including some already planned and some dependent on the Games) was $2.1 billion. Among the transport costs were a new high-capacity gondola connection between Flaine and Mont-Blanc, and a train link. The nearest airport service would have been in Lyon and Geneva (35 minutes by car).Public support for the bid was 88% across France and 81% in the Annecy region. Annecy's logo featured the French Alps, specifically Mont Blanc, as well as suggesting the letter "A" for Annecy. Venues Annecy Cluster Annecy Olympic Stadium – Opening and Closing Ceremonies Mont Blanc – Ski Jumping, Alpine Skiing, Nordic Combined, Cross Country Skiing Patinoire Jean Régis – Speed Skating Le Grand Bornand – Biathlon Chamonix Cluster Piste de Bobsleigh des Pellerins – Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Stade Olympique de Chamonix – Curling, Ice Hockey Aftermath Six years after Annecy's defeat in the race for the 2018 Olympics, Paris won the right to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 2024 Olympics will be the first Olympics to be held in France since Albertville