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Show park citu OGG scene Their First Permanent Home fmh afty Eta iM lite ''-mm, 1 '"- " "r? : . j - i '" j ' ?' '"''''T . . . - The United States Ski Team is coming to Park City to stay. The Board of Directors of the United States Ski Association (USSA) recently unanimously approved a proposal to locate a year-round National Training Center at Park City Resort. It will be the first permanent year-round training area to ever host the US Ski Team and is intended to be operational by October 1973, The proposal, submitted to the USSA by the Greater Park City Company, will involve nearly a $100,000 expenditure by the company to renovate former mining facilities located near the gondola angle station to accommodate approximately ap-proximately 120 racers and staff of the US Alpine and Nordic teams. In addition, Nordic competition jumping hills, slalom slopes and trails will be cut for use by the training teams. The facility will be isolated from the resort's regular ski operation and is not expected ex-pected to interfere with recreational skiers. In accepting Park City as the permanent National Training Center site, the USSA alpine and nordic training directors described the future training area in glowing terms. Jim Balfanz, nordic training director said the location has "the best natural jumping locations I've ever seen, second to none in the world for the 25, 45 and 60 meter jumps." He added that "the cross-country conditions are perfect, with old mine trails running for miles and miles and miles. Willy Schaeffler, alpine training coach, commented com-mented that Park City offers, perfect slalom (Continued on Page Ten) SKI TEAM DORM A long-silent, but soon to be renovated miner's! barracks watches skiers and gondolas pass near the Park City Resort 'Angle Station. The barracks will be remodtled to house U.S. Ski Team personnel. SILENT TRAIL A lone skier glides along one of Park City's mine trails in the area of the proposed' site of the U.S. Ski Team Training Center. Ski Team at Park City storage space, will be provided in the existing building," Anderson said. The University of Utah Medical Center and Physical Education departments have also expressed ex-pressed a willingness to cooperate in a sports-medicine sports-medicine program in conjunction with the new center. (Continued from Page Seven) ' slopes. "All we need is a J or T-Bar to be in business," he said. Other factors in the site's selection was its accessibility to the Salt Lake metropolitan area both in terms of its major international internation-al airport and the educational facilities available avail-able for team members. The National Training Center at Park City will be used throughout the year when not in use for competitive training, the facility will be used for seminars, coach instruction and other aspects of the ski industry. Once completed, com-pleted, the USSA will furnish, operate and maintain main-tain the facility. According to Woody Anderson, vice president pres-ident and general manager of the Resort, preliminary pre-liminary planning for the Training Center indicates in-dicates it will encompass a complete array of facilities to house and train the competitors and staff. "We will convert the two existing bunk houses into dormitory facilities for the racers, with two or three racers per room. We anticipate antic-ipate housing for more than 100 competitors. "The present boardinghouse will be used for staff accommodations, where the coaches and other personnel will stay in individual or shared rooms. . T ' "The boardinghouse will also house the Center's Cen-ter's dining room (which can double as a large meeting room), two lounge areas, equipped with audio-visual aids for film, slides and videotape. "An existing building will be remodeled for a temporary training gymnasium. Equipment rooms, with work benches and |