The Opening Ceremonies of the 2034 Winter Games are still 3,102 days away, but many Utahns are already eager to sign up as volunteers.

“People are excited and rightfully so,” Senate Majority Assistant Whip Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, said Thursday during the first meeting of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Coordination Committee since Utah was awarded a second Games more than a year ago.

McKell, the committee’s Senate chair, said he “hears from folks on a regular basis that want to volunteer, want to be involved” but isn’t sure what to tell them other than to be patient. “The public wants to know ... how do they get involved in the Olympics.”

Brad Wilson, the CEO of the private non-profit Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, said it’s goi

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