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Lake Placid 2016 Youth Games Bid Not On Agenda


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Posted 03 September 2010 - 10:25 AM

The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Thursday that the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is considering a Lake Placid bid for the 2016 Youth Olympic Games,

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Posted 03 September 2010 - 12:59 PM

Lake Placid's main concern will be housing for the nearly 2,000 studtheltes, officials, etc. I mean in 1980, they had that new 'prison' which served as the Village for what is essentially, still a village. So to host anything like that again, the little village will need accomodations closeby for such an influx of people.
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 03:25 PM

I see this primarily as evidence that the USOC is really looking to play ball and build bridges w/ the IOC. (How's that for a mixed metaphor?)

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