Post by pavel on Feb 11, 2016 2:20:31 GMT -6
Utah 'ready, willing and able' to host Olympics, lawmaker says
SALT LAKE CITY — A state lawmaker wants the world to know Utah is "ready, willing and able" to host the Winter Olympics again.
Senate Majority Whip Stuart Adams, R-Layton, introduced a resolution Wednesday that encourages state leaders to keep Utah well-positioned globally in sports and the Olympic movement should the chance to bid on the Games arise.
"We're poised and ready. We could host them again, and I think a lot of the state wants to see them come here again," Adams said. "It's part of our fabric here."
The 2002 Salt Lake Winter Games were one of the few Olympics to make money, and Utah has an endowment fund to maintain the venues it built for the event.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865647389/Utah-ready-willing-and-able-to-host-Olympics-lawmaker-says.html
SALT LAKE CITY — A state lawmaker wants the world to know Utah is "ready, willing and able" to host the Winter Olympics again.
Senate Majority Whip Stuart Adams, R-Layton, introduced a resolution Wednesday that encourages state leaders to keep Utah well-positioned globally in sports and the Olympic movement should the chance to bid on the Games arise.
"We're poised and ready. We could host them again, and I think a lot of the state wants to see them come here again," Adams said. "It's part of our fabric here."
The 2002 Salt Lake Winter Games were one of the few Olympics to make money, and Utah has an endowment fund to maintain the venues it built for the event.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865647389/Utah-ready-willing-and-able-to-host-Olympics-lawmaker-says.html