Calgary residents voted against a 2026 Olympics bid on Tuesday

Calgary, Alberta, voters shot down a potential bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, likely putting to bed the city’s plan to host the upcoming games.

56 percent of voters chose “no” on Tuesday when asked whether they wanted to pursue an Olympic bid, according to the Associated Press. While the vote isn’t official, it will likely impact the city council — which has the final say. The vote is expected to be declared official on Friday.

“The opportunity to welcome the world to Canada, where people can experience the uniting power of the Games and within our nation’s culture of peace and inclusion, would have offered countless benefits to all,” the Canadian Olympic Committee said in a statement. “This would have been a unique opportunity for Canadians to be leaders in fulfilling the promise of a renewed vision for the Games.”

Without Calgary in the mix, Stockholm, Sweden, and a joint Italian bid between Cortina D’Ampezzo and Milan are the final two cities vying for the 2026 games. The International Olympic Committee narrowed its list down to three last month. There were seven initial candidate cities, however Erzurum in Turkey, Sion in Switzerland, Sapporo in Japan and Graz in Austria have either dropped out or were dropped from the running.

According to the Associated Press, though, Stockholm government has “balked at spending taxpayer money” on the games, putting its bid in jeopardy.

The Alberta government approved funding for the Calgary bid on a condition of holding this vote.

“We really wanted this dream for Calgary to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” Mary Moran, the CEO of Calgary 2026, told the Associated Press. “We learned so much about our community. We learned so much about each other.”

The IOC will start accepting bids for the 2026 games in January 2019, and then will announce the winning bid in June.

More from Yahoo Sports:
• 49ers cheerleader takes a knee for 2nd time
• Nets star suffers gruesome right leg injury
• Durant, Green squabble as Warriors lose in OT
• NFL Power Rankings: Chiefs sitting pretty, for now