Utah voters approved a statewide referendum to...

Utah voters approved a statewide referendum to spend $56 million in state tax revenues to help to win the right to host the 1998 Winter Games.

The referendum asked voters whether Utah should continue its efforts, which hinge on diverting a fraction of the existing tax to build ski jumps, a speed skating oval and bobsled-luge runs required by the International Olympics Committee to put Salt Lake City in the running.

With 822 of 1,134 of the precincts reporting, or 72%, there were 138,462 votes for and 110,350 against.