Olympic sports facilities of Almaty
The article presents the results of the study of the cultural tradition that has arisen since our country gained sovereignty, to organize mass sports festivals, festivals, complex tournaments of the highest rank in Almaty: the Asian Games, the World Universiades and, perhaps, even the Games of the Winter Olympics. The southern capital of Kazakhstan previously suffered three fiasco attempts to become the capital of the Olympic Games. In the late 70s of the last century, Kazakhstan, quite actively, after the summer Moscow, tried to get the capital of the Winter Games. Then we fought for the right to host the 2014 Olympics and the 2022 Olympic Games. It did not happen... Now, thanks to the well-conducted “Asian Games 2011”, “Universiade-2017” and the modern sports facilities built to their start, as well as the positive business reputation of our country, the old project may well be realized, perhaps even with the nearest definition winter Olympic capitals.