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Show Wasatch Canyon Reporter, Olympic Se 21 March 1995- a 5 Bid By John Bresee With all probability the 2002 Winter Olympic games will occur in Salt Lake City. After thirty years of hard work and strife, Salt Lake will get the chance to assert its place among the leading cities phone calls for this article. The continued media attention on the Olympic bid will no doubt cast more light on the able to assume that they room, many groups who, for one would have it wired The Olympic Village at the University of new housing area will by now. will be Utah. A be built reason or another, oppose the in combination with the storage areas, and a modations. Curling, the sport of the nineties, will be held in twenty-four hour cafeteria. The one disadvantage to the the Cottonwood Heights area. ‘Olympic Village is that it is Beg, borrow, located 400m in elevation tickets now as this venue even the passion of this event, much less the spectators. Bobsleigh, luge, jumping, and the Nordic combined jumping portion will all be held at the newly constructed Bear is significantly stronger than the other threé entrants. Quebec, the most serious competitor, has some significant flaws in its bid. The downhill portion of the Hollow complex (trying to be d/b/a “Utah Winter Sports Olympics has been proposed for the Lake Louise area, Park”). Rice stadium will be the Olympic stadium. Figure 2000 miles away from the rest of the events. This suggestion is bizarre and is fortunately not acceptable to the International Olympic skating and Men’s Ice Hockey will be held at the Delta Center, assuming certain discrepancies over advertising can be settled. Speed skating will be held at the Oquirrh Park Skating Oval, which is currently being built. Cross Committee. The Swedish bid, while strong, recently was tor_pedoed by strong opposition...from their own King. country, Nordic combined, & The final vote however is far from certain. The voting is biathlon will be held at the notoriously capricious, and Park and Golf Courses. magnificent Mountain Dell frequently sways on politics and favoritism, rather than the Strength of each individual © bid. | As the vote nears, the voices of many The estimated cost of the entire Olympics would be. Olympics. The overall plan “a the 2002 Winter Olympics is very well designed. After thirty have been vocal opponents of _ years of practice it is reasonthe Olympics. They have brought to the fore many tangible concerns about revenue, University of Utah. This will This might make it an unde- conservative revenue projections easily covering this cost. Most of the concerns regard- allow a single area for all sirable spot for the athletes to live in while waiting for the Fox broadcasting purchased 4000 athletes to live. The facility wilt be state-of-the-art with computers in every Hc uny oy Aprés event. Many seek higher elevation accom-. a FREE nrree! expectations, or the budget is group’s opposition ee at tae oe appears to be centered on Utah’s treatment of gays, and the legislative opposition to Same sex marriage legality. GLUD is using the media spotlight of the Olympic bid to further their political agenda. GLUD did not return CBS’ football package from the NFL, they changed the market for big ticket sporting 25 Crack ntyal eV Fas Ue WEEN tabs that remain. Frequently the revenue does not match Live ing cost are unfounded. When SS l< 5 Olympics. Many other past Olympic venues are still smarting over the extensive This athletes may at the and possible tax spending during .and after the unreasonable. The Olympic Bid Committee has so far met all of the financial complaints head on and has sensible responses. Another group complaining is GLUD, or Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats. in Salt Lake are $798 million, with Location of the Curling would be at Cottonwood Heights Ice Arena. naysayers are starting to be heard. The “Utahns for Responsible Public Spending” remepietnccteh emceenettle is clearly too small to contain below many of the venues. of the world. Salt Lake’s bid at oe or steal your Acoustic Saturdays and Sundays Kent Thompson March Music I EY eA iyiie q 17&18th The Atrium Hours are: Breakfast 7:00am to 10: 30am, Lunch 11:00am to 2: S0pui Located on the Level B of the Cliff Lodge in Snowsirp 742-2222 Other appetizers include: Nachos Tortellini, Dimsum | and more served every day. The Atrium is a private club for the members of the Club at Snowbird 10 Deluxe Nachos with this Coupon Between 4pm-7pm PS ., Sat., and Sun. i One coupon per person i per table of S expires 4/1/95. a Eee) eee — |