SALT LAKE -- ONLY 1,995 DAYS TO GO

          It could cost SLOC $54M in order to get the Utah Winter
     Sports Park ready for the 2002 Olympics, according to Mike
     Gorrell of the SALT LAKE TRIBUNE.  That number "far exceeds"
     the $43M being spent by the state and to be repaid by SLOC
     to get the facility near Park City up and running.  That
     $54M price tag, based on a consultant's study, would make
     SLOC officials "recoil in shock if they really thought all
     of the bells and whistles would be included.  Not all will." 
     SLOC Senior VP Dave Johnson: "If we did everything we wanted
     to, it would cost us $54 million.  No one is recommending
     that.  We've always said we would make sure we have the
     revenue before we spend the dollars."  The $54M figure comes
     from a study done by consulting firm Sear Brown, prepared
     for SLOC (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 12/10).
          TV REVENUE CLOSE:  SLOC is "close to meeting its budget
     projection" for revenue from TV-broadcast rights.  With the
     recent signing of contracts to show the Games in Japan and
     Korea, SLOC is now guaranteed $429.6M, just $3M shy of its
     goal, with contracts still to be completed for Canada,
     China, and South Africa.  SLOC will receive $22.2M from a
     consortium of Japanese networks which have acquired
     broadcast rights through 2008 (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 12/8).