The Impact Of The 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics

Residents and visitors alike take advantage of the city's hard winters and have a good time in the snow. Activities during the coldest months of the year include downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, dog sledding, and riding snowmobiles.

The olympic games bring in many tourists and attention to the city. The olympic games are well known for raising their host cities profile and they are said to be a lasting investment. The games provide a large amount of jobs and they make many people more enthusiastic about their country, yet this does not make up for the suffering that their host cities goes through. This proves that hosting the olympic games has been outweighed by its negative

Physically, one will reach peak physical condition. One must be warned that there is an apparent danger when snowboarding. Snowboarding provides benefits to increase the health status of one’s mental state. WebMD shows the prosperity in snowboarding, “but Jonathan Chang,

While the winter months do hold many adventures for snow mobiles, skiing and snowboarding; it is the summer months that capture the attention of many and

Snowmaking is known as the production of snow by forcing water and pressurized air through a snow machine, such as a snow gun or a snow cannon, on a mountain. However big and complex a ski resort every component depends upon one basic element for its overall function and livelihood of operation. Snowmaking, it is most generally used at ski resorts to supplement the natural snow that has fallen. Using the process of snowmaking allows ski resorts to improve the reliability of their snow cover on the mountain and the ability to extend their ski seasons. Indoor ski slopes, which have just recently began to gain popularity, often use snowmaking all year round to suffice their snow needs. They can generally do so for a year round event because they

Alex Pletta Pennington Period 4 12/2/14 Skier As the weather gets colder and snow begins to blanket the ground, most people start complaining about frigid temperatures and back-breaking shoveling. However, there is a group of people who thrive during these frozen winter months. They are known as skiers. The dictionary definition of downhill , or alpine, skiing is simply “the sport or recreation of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings.”

I am not Elsa......the cold bothers me. Skiing is one of my favorite activities in the winter. I go as often as I can. Usually about once a year. This year in particular I encountered some pretty cold temperatures on the slopes. I am talking 6 degree weather with wind chill in the negatives. It is difficult to have a good time skiing when my body is so cold I can no longer feel my hands and feet. There are ways to be prepared for cold weather while skiing. Here are some of my tips below.

Snow, one of Earth’s most beautiful, and ugliest, creations, is a wintertime topic that brings with it mixed emotions, opinions and heated debates. Some people love it, others not so much. It can bring joy, happiness and laughter, but can bring just as much destruction, danger and misery.

The risks associated with this sport can be mitigated by using experienced personnel like pilots and certified guides and equipment like avalanche transceivers, avalanche air-bags, and radios etc. But the snow conditions on the mountains change considerably and vary everyday making it hard to predict the weather and

I have never had the opportunity to go snow skiing before. It has always been a fascination of mine to accomplish one day. From seeing the Olympic athletes expertly ski through the course, by being diligent and also agile. Hearing people talk about their experiences and memories on ski trips. It would be a great opportunity to go experience the thrill of trying something new. Beginners have to learn, the basic, stance and equipment, terminology of skiing, and getting told how to ski.

Alpine skiing has been around forever. Before it was a sport, it was a mode of transportation. It became a sport in the 1936 Olympics. Downhill, Slalom, Giant Slalom, and Super Giant Slalom, or Super G, and Combined are the sports in the Olympics to this day. Alpine skiing is a race against the clock. It is all about speed. Most alpine skiers find the most aerodynamic

The Olympics have a rich history, significant purpose, and has evolved over time. The first time the Olympics were around there were 293 of them until finally they got outlawed. They were reinstated in 1896 and there have been 29 summer Olympics since. The Olympics have impacted many people with a total of 322 Games so far. Everything is done with a purpose. The ancient Olympics were dedicated to the gods. Now the Olympics are used to show who is the best of the best. Each country contributes their best athletes to see who will become the best in the world. Finally, many factors have contributed to the evolution of the Olympics. The main one is technology. Television has helped evolve the Olympics the most. Before the television was invented

The Olympic Games is known today as the most visible and spectacular International Public Event. Over the last 20years, the Games have experienced unparalleled growth and universal popularity. The first modern Olympics held in Athens in 1896 attracted 311 athletes from 13 countries. In 2000, the Sydney Games involved 10,651 athletes from 199 countries, with ticket sales of 6.7 million and another 3.7 billion watching on television .In addition, the IOC and the Sydney Organizing Committee for the 2000 Olympic Games (SOCOG) generated about US$3billion during the period 1997 – 2000 from the marketing of the Games.

During the past month and a half since my arrival in the UK, I have noticed that that the Hospitality sector especially restaurants and hotels have a thriving business and was interested how a mega event like the Olympics will have an effect on the Hospitality Industry.

When it comes to the Olympic Games, there is a lot of history behind it. The first Olympics were held in Olympia, Greece, and the games were played by elite athletes. The games went from 776 BC to 393 AD and stopped up until 1896 AD, when the games were held in Athens, Greece. The Olympics have become a great way for countries to show off some of the interesting aspects of their country. For a country to host the Olympics, they must go through a process. First, you must submit a bid to the IOC (International Olympic Committee) stating why the Olympics should be hosted in your country, whether it be economic, social, and or environmental reasons. If the IOC chooses a country to host the Olympics of a certain year, they will let them know that the bid was accepted. Next, the process of building the stadiums and the houses for the Olympics begins. This is the most costly part of the entire process. The construction takes many years to complete, and once the construction is finished, the rest is the setup to prepare for what is to come. After the Olympic Games take place, the goal for the host country is to leave a legacy. A legacy is defined as "the cause-effect relationship with the event and its immediate impacts and ends with clearly identified outcomes" (Hiller, 2014, 47). When analyzing a certain Olympic event, it is imperative to assess all three phases of the games and all of the aspects possible to determine whether it leaves a positive or negative legacy. When