The PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER MAGAZINE profiled the financial
make-up of "Selling the Olympics." Karen Heller writes: "ACOG,
ACOP, USOC, IOC. Sometimes, it seems as if everyone in Atlanta
is conjugating irregular Latin verbs. But here's all you need to
know: It all comes down to a lot of cash" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
MAGAZINE, 7/23)....In Atlanta, Jeffry Scott reviewed many of the
articles written about Atlanta in the national and int'l media, a
year before the '96 Games. Scott: "The latest reviews -- to put
it mildly -- are mixed." While some in the national media, such
as the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, characterized the city as a
"provincial, slightly-backward, urban gridlocked capitol of
Gritdom," many in the international media praised ACOG for its
financial success (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 7/25). ....The Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs will undergo a $23.8M
expansion and upgrade. The project will include a new athlete
center, dining hall, dormitory and sports medicine and science
complex, along with a new visitor's center. The visitors center
will feature a U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame and 400-seat theatre
(Colorado Springs GAZETTE-TELEGRAPH, 7/24)....The U.S Trans Dept.
will give ACOG and MARTA -- Atlanta's transit authority -- a $28M
grant for bus service during the Games. Half of the funds will
be used to ship 2,000 buses from other municipalities (ATLANTA
CONSTITUTION, 7/25)....The SALT LAKE TRIBUNE examined the
precedent set by Lillehammer to ensure that the 2002 Games are a
"Green" Olympics (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 7/23).
