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Wednesday, September 19, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
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Atlanta to host '96 Summer Olympics
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Rockets flared even though it was daylight and pandemonium broke out in celebration yesterdays game. The site of the 1996 Summer Olympics.
An estimated 5,000 people skipped work yesterday morning and packed the plaza at Underground Atlanta, in the heart of the city, to watch the 1996 Summer Olympics site announcements on closed-circuit TV from Tokyo.
When Juan Antonio Samarac, International Olympic Committee president, announced that the games to "Al," the throng gassed 48 on.
“At” as in Athens, or “At” as in Atlanta.
It was Atlanta, and the town known as "Losversville" for its sports teams was a winner at last.
"This was unbelievable," Mayor Maynard Jackson said to reporters in Tokyo. "This proves that if you don't run the race, you don't have a chance."
"I wanted this so bad," said Janice Stockard of suburban Danecur. "I wanted it because Atlanta is great. This means a lot. We got the (1994) Super Bowl and we've got the Olympics."
Thousands of Atlantans literally jumped for joy.
"I am absolutely amazed," said Michael Lomax, chairperson of Atlanta's Fulton County Commission. "I can't believe Atlanta has gone from a place nobody thought could handle to chance really getting those games."
The opening ceremony will be July 20,1996, at a stadium that isn't built vet.
Ginger Thomas of Marietta said, "it's going to be great. I'm pnased. Why else would I get up at five in the morning? I want a shirt."
Underground Atlanta stayed jammed all day. Olympic souvenir cars restocked throughout the afternoon but sold out again just as
Sorry. Within seconds of the announcement, the crowd was six deep for Atlanta Olympics T-shirts.
"People are dying for them; they just can't get enough," said shirt-seller Frances McDonald.
The lines were also long for The Atlanta Journal's extra edition, on the street within half an hour of the announcement, screening it in Atlanta.
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"We were prepared with several stories," said Calvin Stovall, assistant to the managing editor. "As soon as we got back outside, we were able to hit the button."
Sports is hardy Atlanta's strong point. The baseball, football and basketball teams are perennial losses. The hockey team is long gone. The soccer team hasn't been this summer, billed as an Olympic warm-up, was a office box flop.
But perhaps the most surprising thing about Atlanta's bid was the lack of opposition. Simply, no one complained — unlike cross-continent rival Tampa Bay — in a group called *Not Circuses*, protested the games at every turn.
Atlanta's dream came from a former Georgia football player, Billy Payne, who dared to suggest going after the Olympics. The spark came when he convinced Andrew Young, who left office as mayor this year but continued to work to make Atlanta an Olympic site, even while running an unsuccessful campaign for Georgia governor
Payne and Young spent three years and $7 million, primarily privately raised, talking to anyone who would listen.
"We have to thank God and pray that we are worthy and that all of the things that we have said, we can make come true." Young said in
Atlanta has claimed to be an international city since the airport sold its first tickets to Canada. But yesterday it was reported that sense that the boast was really true.
"It's going to be a terrific boost for the economy," and make this truly an international city," said Ashford who moved here from Jersey City, N.J.
The 100th anniversary of the modern Olympics will be in Atlanta, which expects to spend $1 billion to host.
1 Olympic Stadium
Opening, closing
ceremonies
A peek at Atlanta's Olympics in 1996
2 Olympic Centre:
Several events
including gymnastics,
basketball, volleyball
3 Georgia Tech
New swimming facility
boxing at coliseum;
Olympic Village
Venue construction $ 358.8
Personnel, administration 150.0
Communications 149.1
Village construction 59.6
Promotion, media 57.0
Security 56.0
Village operations 31.2
Ceremonies 25.0
Insurance 20.0
Venue operations 17.6
Ticket services 15.0
Transportation 12.3
Other 53.8
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Events include
cycling, canoeing,
rowing, shooting
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Corporate sponsorship 324.0
Ticket sales 171.1
Olympic coin program 50.0
Other 67.8
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*The South's "Bourbon Borough" more than 80% of U.S. population lives within a U.S. population half-flight of Atlanta
Yuppie city: Fast-growing young, urban professional market, average age 28.9 Third largest in the U.S.
Birthplace: Martin Luther King, Jr.
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SOURCE: Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Organizing Committee
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