Boozeing in Salt Lake?

Although not completely dry, there are places to go and those who make the effort will be able to wet their whistle. A word to the wise may be 'go with the flow'. I have lived here for over twenty years and only twice was I literally denied a beverage, both times in Provo and both times I walked out. Downtown Salt Lake will be the best place for finding party goers and Main Street Park City will probably be wall to wall people. They are much more accustomed to that in Park City as many people from many nations have been coming up to ski there for a long time. Be patient and remember "when in Rome...".

Huge Murals

Preparations are winding down and the decorations are going up. Huge building size murals have been installed at every venue and randomly in the downtown area.

The buildings are not gigantic but seeing a hockey goalie that is 15 stories tall is still awesome.

Last Saturday I was able to go up and help set up some tents for 'worker city' and a photo of that is attached as well.

The tents will house all the equipment necessary to put on the 6 speed events.

Hundreds of hours have gone into planning the logistics of the Men's Downhill event. It really is a monumental effort to try and pull off as many events as they are, all at once.

Insiders are saying that "Black Tuesday" will be the worst and they are warning ALL locals to stay away from Interstate Highway 80 all day as it will be a parking lot for most of the day.

Want to know when that will be? Tune in just after the opening ceremony with an instalment on the previous days downhill training (2/7/02).

See ya then

G.O.


Useful Links:
Salt Lake City 2002: Schedule of Events
Official Site

Soccer at Winter Olympics? (December 2001)
Security increase at Salt Lake City (November 2001)
Salt Lake games to go ahead (September 2001)
No booze at Olympics? (March 2001)

Report from George Ott - Natives Salt Lake City 2002 Special Correspondent

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