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Show Sine aia am ene eassttnoniiasaninen - : € nk Ta Eateries Already Gobbled Up - For The 2002 Games cat ' : | | . i ~ C.G. WALLACE | ASSOCIATED PRESS WRIT@R | [ co-owner of the Wasatch Brew Pub. Other restaurants still are in negotia- + tions. : x e But restaurateurs and city officials SALT LAKE CITY (AP Ds Utah will welcome the wor Id for the 2002 Winter invitation. _ | oe Many of the area’s best restau- rants are being ! | entirety 7 _ Bureau. corporate _ the games. : [ake ao the city’s Olympic = Lake City restaurant said he was hold- of dollars, — him was around $50,000. Planning working onits plans. _ , s Brown, of the Wasatch Brew Pub, 8 iz . | _ SHAWN term customers and cashing in on the 7 | | | _ | | be : | i manager Staffan Eklund would not say which one. a pee “That was a hard decision,” he said. re | “Are going going you to to close close d down for for PE Te all a cL Fi the guests, the local people and visi- | = tors? But that was our choice. It was a , ao - once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” _ Se Metropolitan has made a small [ake and Park City, where the sponsors could operate hospitality suites. _ its thought that most of the eater- Similar villages were part of the have been reserved, Mankin said. In Park City, the 90-odd restaurants on Lewis, president of Olympic Properties of the United States, the as Olympics, the restaurant had an agreement in place with major games spon- | | sor JetSet Sports. But it took a long 1 es near the downtown medals plaza —_ Sydney and Atlanta games, said Mark — time to complete a contract because the half-mile stretch of Main Streetare _ in demand for private venues. _A former president of the eg ark City Restaurant Association said he would be surprised if 20 of those _ | owner Olson also wanted to be open for the locals: oF . 4 1S. Olympic Committee’s joint marShe’ll open the restaurant for a keting venture with the Salt Lake “locals’ night” a couple times a week, Organizing Committee. e though it’s unlikely that anyone walkBut the villages didn’t catch on, _ ing in off the street will be able to find partly because of the expense of builda table — her regular patrons have i 4 te restaurants are already rented for | ing an entire community for 17 days. _ already made their reservations. _ the games. But those already [nstead, sponsors went looking for ° “My locals have been with me for reserved are the larger eateries that _ alternatives. | five years,” Olson reasoned, “and represent about 60 to 70 percent of Xerox Corp., for example, is saving Park City’s seating, said Paul Brown, —_ $250,000 by renting out Park City’s 3 Ga : be downtown Salt Lake; will be rented to Olympic officials originally sought | compromise. oo to set up “sponsor villages” in Salt More than two years before the Larry Mankin, president of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. : | ae Many of these businesses will do half a year’s business in 17 days,” said | i one of the Olympic teams, although ) STINSON Park City Visitors Bureau _ 5 | _ Absolute, a Swedish restaurant in spokesman for the ing a tough decision between long- _ Olympic opportunity. | VETYOURE HO bring 3 | z kI 9 AoE LECH: : _ Some restaurant owners are mak- _ . he-stands to. make oa well-to-do,” said Karen Olson, owner of the swanky Metropolitan in Salt Lake. City. Her restaurant was rented out more than one year ago. : | “We won’t force for the people. They’re for the fairly _ cE ment. He also wouldn’t say how much | “Unfortunately, the Olympics aren’t i : S | 2 \Y/ atch me OO 7 | Trimart/Chevron aS _ they're going to be with me after the | Olympics are gone.” : Wasatch County — —_—APRIL23.—s 400 N. Main, Heber 7-11/Amoco 2s JZ ae APRIL30.—sd|: 3181-479 215 N. Main, Heber => Le 1.479. | e $1.479 fe $1 479 rE PRICES FOR REGULAR i u UNLEADED He OBSERVED 04/30/01 —_—Prittiart/Tes 90'S. Main, Heber Watch this space for weekly updates. | [timart/Chevron Midway , | _ Main Street Station Conoco Midway ) | | | | | | $1.479 $1,479 | a J. us < _ EF oe = 84 459 278 W.2100S.,SLC He 7 = - 12300 S. Minuteman, SLC Utah County “Walker/Phillips ie ol: Salt Lake County Premium Oil/Chevron evlying $1.479 —_ -$1.479 _ eS 3080 W. Rasmussen,PC.-- f 3 | ing out for the right offer, which for With Olympic rents averaging into — will be available, but the office still is | out the upper floor of his establish- those without the proper connections. | = Office said alternatives to restaurants __ said he is in final negotiations to rent restaurants are closing their doors to | | te sors abound. Amanager ofasmall Salt sponsors _ selling their food on the street. In Salt _ the tens of thousands | | tourists, Park City restaurants will be and other groups for the duration of | make during the Olympics, and confi dentiality clauses stipulated by spon- To make up for the lack of tables for reserved in their up by ag 7 is = Most restaurant owners are unwilling to say how much they expect to sack lunch,” said Shawn Stinson, spokesman for the Park City Visitors : ) company’s Olympic marketing manager. ee a promise that tourists won’t go hungry. _ “We won't force everyone to bringa Olympics, but if spectators want to have a good meal, they may need an i Riverhorse Cafe every afternoon of | the games, said Terry Dillman, the | $j 499 | «81599 — $1569 a | | | ~ Ot OE fet a tee |