| Show 2002 Olympics We Win By Corey Bullock Sports Editor After thirty years and four unsuccessful bids to host the Winter Vinter Olympic Games Salt Lake City was awarded the honor of hosting the Winter Vinter G Games ames In in 2002 00 The announcement came about 11 1120 20 am a.m. from Budapest Hungary where the International Olympic Committee Committee Committee Com Com- was meeting Friday June 16 It was broadcast via satellite here to Salt Lake and was shown on a big screen television at The City and County Building were the Salt Lake Chamber of was holding a party Juan Antonio President of the International Olympic took the podium in Hungary and said The 2002 Winter Olympic Games have been awarded to the City of Salt SaIL That was all that the more than people who had gathered at atthe atthe atthe the City and County Building Building Building Build Build- ing needed to hear to know that the Beehive State would play pIa host to to the world In in 2002 They ch cheered ered and sighed with relief as the long wait was over Salt Lake ended up with 55 of the possible 90 votes after only the first round of voting Salt Lake Lak became the first city to win the balloting in the first round since this voting system was introduced |
