MILAN -- Organizers of next year's Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics announced an operating budget of "about 1.7 billion euros" ($1.9 billion) on Thursday, a 100 million euro ($112 million) increase ...

Needing to be built are the main Olympic Village in Milan, with an estimated 1,330 beds, and a new 15,000-capacity ice hockey arena – the Santa Giulia Ice Palace. At least two existing venues ...

The budget does not include construction of competition venues such as the 118 million euro ($131 million) sliding center in Cortina d'Ampezzo and the new Santa Giulia ice hockey arena in Milan ...