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USOC Approves Creation Of New U.S. Olympic Foundation, Hopes To Narrow '24 Bid Cities06 / 12 / 13The USOC BOD yesterday approved the creation of a new U.S. Olympic Foundation, which will try to raise more than $35M in the coming years to support athletes and amateur sports. The approval highlighted a USOC board meeting at McDonald’s HQs in Oak Brook, Ill. USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said the ... |
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ATLANTA GROUP SEEKS TO CURB AMBUSH ADS
ACOG organizers, "fed up with ''ambush advertisers,'' are embarking on an aggressive campaign against those companies that don''t pay" ACOG for ''96 Olympic sponsorship rights, "yet produce ads that g
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COCA-COLA PULLS OUT OF BID TO BUILD OLYMPIC COMPLEX
Coca-Cola has rejected a proposal to build an entertainment complex next to the proposed Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta because of reservations about the $50M price tag. The company has begun draf
FIVE-RING NOTES
Ollan Cassell, exec director of USA Track, welcomed the idea that revenues "accrued from track and field at the ''96 Games be funneled back into the US program." Cassell: "I would think right now the
FOUR CITIES SUBMIT FINAL BIDS FOR '97-'99 FESTIVAL
The USOC has received final bid packets and $25,000 deposits from four finalists bidding to host the ''97 or ''99 U.S. Olympic Festival -- Dallas/Ft. Worth, Phoenix, Richmond, and Seattle. The Festiva
OLYMPIC SOCCER HEADS FOR NATION'S CAPITAL IN '96
RFK Stadium has been named to be one of five national arenas scheduled to host Olympic soccer matches during the ''96 Olympic Games. Nine games will be played in Washington, which joins Orlando, Miami
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ACOP TO SPLIT AUTO SPONSOR SPOTS 4-WAYS; MERCEDES ALMOST IN
Mercedes-Benz is working on a deal that would make the company the official import auto sponsor of the ''96 Olympics, a rights package worth an estimated $8M "in cash and in-kind services." The deal,
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FIVE RING NOTES
"It''s difficult to find anyone who doesn''t want to spoon a little off the Olympic gravy train," but local Atlanta restaurants and caterers are "pledging not to serve up inflated prices" during the G
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DISNEY'S SPORTS COMPLEX MAY BE RUSHED FOR OLYMPIC OPENING
Walt Disney World in Orlando "hopes to break ground early next year on a new sports complex that may be able to host world- class athletes training" for the ''96 Games. However the complex is schedule
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SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY: AT&T LOOKING FOR 20,000 OLYMPIC ROOMS
Atlanta HOST and Olympic sponsor AT&T are teaming up to for the "AT&T True Hospitality ''96" program to provide bed-and- breakfast for families of up to 10,500 athletes. Atlanta HOST is an organizatio
ATLANTA OFFICIALS WORK ON RAIL SYSTEM FOR '96 GAMES
LS Transit Systems consultant Stanley Feinsod "expressed optimism" yesterday about a proposed commuter rail system in GA. In a meeting with the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority (GRPA), Feinsod "declin
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