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The Red and Black / Finals
Monday. June 11, 1990
Olympic Centre: The major facilities to be used in Atlanta’s
Olympic bid
’96 Atlanta Olympics
would mean lots of $$
By GWINN BRUNS
Staff Writer
Atlantans won’t be the only
people to reap benefits if the Inter
national Olympic Committee
chooses the state capita] as the site
of the 1996 Games.
The Atlanta Organizing Com
mittee, the bid organizers, commis
sioned Jeffrey Humphreys,
director of the University’s eco
nomic forecasting project, and
KPMG Peat Marwick accounting
firm of Atlanta to study the eco
nomic impact of the Olympic
games.
The study shows that if Atlanta
were host of the 1996 Olympics,
$3.48 billion would be pumped into
Georgia’s economy and up to 83,-
756 new jobs would be created.
“I have to admit, I had a few
sleepless nights," Humphreys said
in reference to beginning the in
tense three-month study which
was concluded in February. He was
the sole .University worker on the
project, but he said “it was a joint
effort" with Pete Marwick.
Revenues won’t spawn from the
Olympic games alone. Pre-Olympic
visitors, cultural activities and re
lated sporting events would all
play a role in the billion-dollar
figure.
Ralph Jemigan, AOC financial
chair, said Athens, along with
Macon and Augusta, would be
ideal places for pre-Olympic
training. The pre-game visitors
would be in Georgia several weeks
prior to the games adjusting to
Georgia’s climate, he said.
The study estimates that the av
erage visitor will spend $100 per
day.
There had been some specu
lation that Olympic tennis events
would be held at the University,
but, Jemigan said, ‘The current
plan is to try and not go outside the
immediate Atlanta area."
However, yachting events would
be held in Savannah and white-
water rafting on the Oconee River
in North Georgia.
Facilities of other state schools
also will be used during the games.
The biggest beneficiary is going
to be Georgia Tech," Jemigan said.
It will gain two high-rise residence
halls and two swimming pools if
the games are held in Atlanta.
Georgia State University would
be the location of volleyball prac
tice and Emory University may be
used as the media center.
There also will be an 85,000-seat
Georgia Dome in Fulton County
built to hold some events. This
would result in new jobs and make
Atlanta a prime candidate for
hosting other big sporting events,
such as the NCAA nnal four, USA
dual competitions in volleyball and
gymnastics and U.S. boxing trials.
A cultural events program,
known as The Dance of Life,"
would begin in Atlanta after the
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games
and last until the opening of the
1996 Games.
The cultural program is gener
ally outlined as involving the en
tire Southeast," said Bob Brennan,
media relations head of the AOC.
The economic impact study
states, “by combining live perfor
mances in each of the creative arts
with museum quality, the annual
festivals will focus on the evolution
of the culture of the South."
A month-long Olympic Arts Fes
tival would be held immediately
preceding the games.
From 1993 to 1995, Atlanta is
expected to draw 1,054,000 visitors
per year to the cultural activities.
Referring to the Olympic Games,
Humphreys said, “we expect a lot
of people will stay in the state for a
couple of days. Every part of the
state will benefit. Businesses of At
lanta will buy products from other
areas in the state and the state will
derive revenues.”
Elisabeth Ayres, a sophomore
French mqjor and president of Stu
dents for the Olympics, said over
the past few months students with
the organization have been
working “to raise awareness and
support about the Olympics
coming to Atlanta.
“We’ve gotten a lot of support,”
she said. “College kids know it will
profit them in any kind of business.
They’ll be in the work force."
However she said she thinks
that the overall enthusiasm stems
from the prestige and fame the
Olympics would bring.
The $7 million Olympic bid is
being considered by the IOC and
voting is planned for September in
Tokyo.
MARTA will be very prominent
and it will add to the appeal of At
lanta, said Humphreys. Hartsfield
airport also makes Atlanta a desir
able place for accomodating the in
flux of the thousands of expected
visitors.
Brennan said, “When Georgia
goes to the Sugar Bowl they're in
the stadium, and they have a
chance. We think that we’ve got a
good strong bid.”
“Right now I think it’s a dead-
heat. It depends on how well our
presentation goes," Jemigan said.
DEAD DAYS
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goes to the semester system is
unclear, Dunn stud.
At the Georgia Institute of
Technology, “Dead Week’ is an
unoffical guideline adhered to by
most professors.
The policy outlined in the fac
ulty handbook reads that tests
and quizzes shouldn’t be given
later than one week prior to fi
nals, said Mark Gravitt, informa
tion systems coordinator at
Georgia Tech.
But Gravitt said it’s only a sug
gested policy and isn’t binding in
any way.
He said most professors he’s
encountered do follow those
guidelines, however.
The proposal is
expected to suggest
that professors hold
class, but review for
finals during the last
three days of class.
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