Utah 2002 Olympic Games venues need money, more games
The Legacy Fund loses $4 million every year.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Spencer F. Eccles Olympic Mountain Center ski slopes are located on the west side of Olympic Park and are partially visible from the nearby I-80 freeway.
Utah Olympic Park and other 2002 Olympic Games venues have always had a deficit, and the deficit is increasing.
The Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation filed Wednesday with Summit County Council for a routine contract extension for Utah Olympic Park.
The nonprofit’s President and CEO, Colin Hilton, added an appeal: Utah’s legacy Olympic venues need help.
“Financially we have problems,” he said.
The foundation subsidizes losses at its venues with its Legacy Fund, which Hilton says is worth $46 million. However, economic pressures have depleted the fund at a faster rate in recent years.
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