denver 2018

DENVER 2018

Olympic Winter Games

i. Denver

ii. Colorado

iii. United States of America

iv. Climate

v. Olympism in the United States

I. Introduction

i. Denver

� Denver is a city in the middle of Colorado at the crossroads of the West. Located just east of the eastern edge of the Rockies Mountains, Denver has always been a city passionate about the outdoors and sport. Denver is one of the healthiest and most active cities in America and would be the perfect host for the 23rd edition of the Olympic Winter Games.

� Denver was founded as a mining town in the western part of the Kansas Territory in 1858 before it got incorporated and became the capital of the Colorado Territory. Upon statehood, Colorado became the capital of the state, a position is has held continuously. The city was named after James William Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory when the city was first settled.

i. Denver

� Denver has always been a major population center in the west and continues to be so. Denver has one of the largest and most developed economic centers west of St. Louis and is home to the Wall Street of the West, 17th

Avenue. Denver has been a city of prominence since the turn of the 20th century and continues to be a leader in all aspects of economic and social life.

� Denver’s population is over 550,000 in the city and has a metro population of 2.4 million.

� Denver’s current mayor is John Hickenlooper, one of the biggest supporters of Denver’s aspirations of welcoming the world in 2018.

ii. Colorado

� Colorado is the 38th state of the union, achieving this status in 1876 making it the Centennial State. Since than Colorado has developed and become one of the leading western states in social issues, and economic innovation. Colorado was the first state to grant women the right to vote and has developed from a mining state to one of high technology. Colorado is a state of immense natural beauty that varies from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains to the karst landscapes of the southwest.

ii. Colorado

� Colorado is currently lead by Governor Bill Ritter. He leads a state that for being in the hear of America to being one that is diverse and tolerant. Colorado is home to a plethora of religions and ethnic groups that had to the richness of the people and state. Colorado is also a state of a diverse economy that can easily withstand and endure all things thrown at it and is perfectly apt in hosting an event that is of an Olympic magnitude.

iv. Climate

� Denver is in a semi-arid climate with little precipitation with on average 16cm of snow in February. Temperatures in February range from 8 to -7 degrees Celsius. Denver’s winters and mild but can be cool and cold.

� Vail and Avon have similar mountain climates with large amounts of snowfall and below zero temperatures throughout the month of February.

v. Olympism in the United

States� The Olympic movement is

represented by the United States Olympic Committee who governs sport and the Olympic Movement in the United States.

� Colorado is the center of Olympism in the US with the national training center in Colorado Springs south of Denver.

� Peter Ueberroth is the currently leader of the United States Olympic Committee and is fully behind Denver’s bid for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games

II. The Games of the XXIIIth

Olympic Winter Games

XXIII Olympic Winter Games

� The games will be held between February 9th and 25th.

� The ice events will be held in Denver, while the snow events will be held in the resort towns of Vail and Avon.

i. Air

ii. Rail

iii. Highways

iv. Olympic Transportation

Transportation

i. Air

� Denver is served by Denver International Airport. A recently constructed airport that is the 4th busiest in the United States and ranked in the top airports in North America. The Airport can handle a capacity of up to 110 million passengers a year and is more then capable of handling the Olympic influx of guests.

� The airport will receive a 1.5 billion dollar upgrade and expansion that would be going ahead with or without the games because of the increasing importance of the airport. Also the expansion will also include creating directly flights from the Asia-Pacific market, namely Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai.

� For the games a rail link will be created between the airport and Denver cutting commuter time.

ii. Rail

� Amtrak is the rail service with daily service connection Denver to Chicago and San Fransisco.

� Denver is currently investing in a 192km rail system that will connect all parts of the city. Scheduled competition is between 2013 and 2016, well before the beginning of the games in 2018. The system will provide rapid transportation throughout Denver and the surrounding area to between serve the growing city.

� The rail project will include a West and East Corridor, Northwest, Northmetro, I-225 and Gold Line along with the expansion of existing rail links in the city.

� Union Station is the hub of transit system and will connect the downtown with the airport and all venues within Denver.

iii. Highways

� Denver is at the cross-roads between the north-south running Interstate 25 and the east-west running Interstate 70. Denver is connected to Vail and Avon by I70 with less than a 2 hour drive. Denver is 165km from Avon and 150km from Vail, Vail and Avon are 15km apart.

� During the games there will dedicated Olympic lines for athletes and guest using Olympic Mass transit.

iv. Olympic Transportation

� Along with mass transportation there will be dedicated buses running between venues and the downtown for all guests with tickets. There will also be dedicated Olympic lanes in the city to accommodate the movement of athletes and the Olympic family between the villages and the venues within Denver and in the towns of Vail and Avon

� The Denver City Council has made it clear that transportation for guests, athletes as key to the success of the bid and of the games. Our research shows that a successful games is also one with successful transportation. We will take lessons from previous hosts to provide the best possible movement of people within the city.

IV. Accommodations

� Denver has over 30,000 beds for Olympic guests. In time for the games there will be as many as 35,000. Denver has appall hotel space ranging from budget to 5-star accommodations with major clusters of accommodations around the airport and in the downtown. The Denver Olympic Bid Committee is confident that every guest that wants to come to Denver for the Olympic Games can find accommodations that suit their needs and budget.

� Within Vail there is more the 3500 beds and growing. Vail is the largest resort in the United States and can accommodate a large influx of guests. Accommodations are of the best quality with the multiple up-scale ski lodges in and around the resort.

� Avon has more then 2000 beds available currently and is continuing to grow. Avon has been able to accommodate a world cup event every year and would be more then capable of handling the Olympic influx.

i. Colorado

ii. Eagle County

iii. Denver

V. Maps

Blue – Interstate 70, Grey Interstate 25. Denver and Vail/Avon outlined in red.

i. Colorado

Vail and Avon outlined in blue

ii. Eagle County

1. Athlete’s Village, 2. Coors Field, 3. Union Station, 4. Pepsi Center, 5. Mile

High Stadium, 6. University of Colorado, 7. Colorado Convention Center, 8.

Chessman park

iii. Denver

i. Denver Venues

ii. Vail Venues

iii. Avon Venues

VI. Venues

i. Denver Venues

� The Pepsi Center

� Capacity: 18,000

� Sports: Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating

� The Pepsi Center is an existing venue that was constructed during the late 90’s. It currently plays host to 4 profession sports teams in Denver in the NHL, NBA, NLL and Arena Football. The Pepsi Center will receive a refurbish for the games at a cost of 5 million dollars.

i. Denver Venues

� Magness Arena

� Capacity: 5,500

� Sport: Curling

� Magness Arena is a venue at the University of Colorado and will be used as the curling venue for the games. Central located it will be an easy access venue for guests. The UofC has agreed to cover the costs of refurbishment of the venue for the use of the games.

i. Denver Venues

� Denver Coliseum


� Sport: Ice Hockey

� The Denver Coliseum will receive a 25 million dollar upgrade and be used as one of the ice hockey venues for the Olympic Games. Located within the city of Denver just north of the downtown, there is easy access using Denver Transportation.

i. Denver Venues

� University of Denver Sports Center



� The University of Denver has agreed to construct a brand-new sports center for the university that will be used as a university facility following the games. At a cost of 110 million dollars, 50 of which will be covered by the city of Denver it will serve as the primary venue for ice hockey.

i. Denver Venues

� Coors Field



� Coors Field will have a dual purpose as a venue for the 2018 Olympics. It will serve as the nightly medal ceremony host and concert venue but also as the host of the men’s ice hockey final. A rink will be constructed on the field to provide a unique experience and a lasting memory of the games. 900,000 dollars will be made available to accomplish these goals plus a medals ceremony budget of 2.5 million dollars.

i. Denver Venues

� Cressman Park Oval


� Sport: Speed Skating

� The Olympic Oval will be constructed at Cressman Park in southeastern Denver. The venue will be built with a large capacity to allow for as many people as possible to experience this sport. The venue will be constructed with a cost of 190 million dollars and will be a legacy venue for the games. The oval will remain as such after the games because of the favourable altitude.

iv. Denver Venues

� Mile High Stadium


� Mile High Stadium will be used as the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies. This will be the largest venue ever used for a winter opening and closing ceremonies and the ceremonies will be more affordable then previous ones because of the high capacity.

ii. Vail Venues

� Vail will play host to cross country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping and Nordic combined.

� Cross country skiing and biathlon will be held on an arrangement of existing trails in front of a crowd of up to 20,000. Over 50% of existing trails are expert level and will be FIS and IBU standard venues.

� Ski jumping will take place on Game Creek Bowl at a temporary venue that will be able to accommodate 30,000 spectators.

� Vail Ski Resort will front all costs for the upgrades and construction of the biathlon and cross country trails. The Ski jumping venue has an estimated cost of 40 million dollars.

ii. Vail Venues

iii. Avon Venues

� Beaver Creek will host alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding and sliding events.

� Alpine skiing runs will be constructed on Beaver Creek and Grouse Peak and will be able to accommodate 25,000 spectators.

� Freestyle skiing moguls will be constructed on terrain park 2 and aerials on terrain park 3

� Downhill snowboarding will take place on Arrowhead with a crowd capacity of 15,000

� Half-pipe will take place at an existing pipe already at the resort.

� Ski and snowboard cross will take place on terrain park 1

� Freestyle skiing, half-pipe and cross will have maximum capacities of 10,000.

iii. Avon Venues

i. Athlete's Village

ii. International Broadcast Center

VII. Non-Competition Venues

i. Athlete’s Village

� Denver’s athlete’s village will be built as a condominium development on the north shore of the South Platte River in northwestern Denver. The village will be able to accommodate 3,800 athletes and support staff and will be a self-contained environment with shops, restaurants and amenities for athletes during the games. The complex will be built with a development partner and the only cost incurred by the city is the land and the cost to rent the facilities for the duration of the games.

� The mountain athlete’s village will be on the outskirts of Vail only 15 minutes from the town-center. The village will be able to accommodate as many as 1,300 athletes and support staff. The village will be built by the Vail Ski Resort Inc and will be rented by the Organizing Committee for the duration of the games.

� The estimated costs to the Organizing Committee will be 25 million dollars to rent the facilities.

ii. International Broadcast

Center� The IBC will be hosted by

the already existing Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. The facility is relatively new and will require only require investment in the technology and communication lines that will carrying Denver’s games to the world. The broadcast center will cost the organizing committee 15 million dollars to operate and distribute the games to the watching audience around the world.

i. Look of the Games

ii. Torch Relay

iii. Ceremonies

iv. Medal Plaza

v. Cultural Olympiad

VII. Cultural Olympiad

i. Look of the Games

� Denver’s games will be based on 4 shapes and 4 colours. Swirling snow, mountain tops, flowing water and city skyline: steel blue, burgundy, silver and white. The shapes and colours will be used to display a unified design and look to the games as one cohesive look.

Map of the torch relay.

ii. Torch Relay

ii. Torch Relay

� The torch relay will commence on December 20th 2017. The flame will travel to Athens where it will make a brief trip around Europe (Innsbruck, Garmicsh, Lillehammer, Chamonix, Paris) and than will travel to all previous North American hosts and major American cities. Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Squaw Valley, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, New Orleans, Miami, Atlanta, Wilmington, Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Lake Placid, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Vail, Avon and Denver.

iii. Ceremonies

� The ceremonies will take place at Mile High Stadium in front of 75,000 guests. The ceremonies will focus on the history and culture of the games and of the city and state of Denver and Colorado. Artistic direction and exact details will be kept secret until the countdown begins 1 minute before the begin of the games.

iv. Medal Plaza

� The medal plaza will be in Coors Field. 21,000 guests will be able to see the previous days winners receive their Olympic medals. Followed by musical performances from American and international performers from contemporary music

v. Cultural Olympiad and

Education� The Cultural Olympiad will take

place starting from 3 years out to the games. The Denver Art Museum and the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and the Red Rock Amphitheatre will host performances and exhibits relating to and advertising for the Olympic Games leading up to and during the Olympics. Opera, ballet, classical performances, contemporary art, jazz, folk and much more will be included to advertise and enrich the games experience.

� Along with the Cultural Olympiad in Denver, Vail and Avon will host summer concerts leading up to the games.

� Regional advertising will take the form of summer street festivals around Colorado and adjoining states to draw in local guests.

� The Organizing Committee will also reach out to the Denver School Board to offer programs and materials to better educate the youth of Olympic ideals and what Olympism means. Furthermore the Organizing Committee in conjunction with the DSB will host high school sports festival over 4 days as a ‘high school Olympics’

IX. Ticketing

� Ticketing will commence 18 months before the beginning of the games for American residences and 14 months before the game start of the games for international guests through licensed distributors. The philosophy for ticketing is to make the games accessible while balancing a need to create revenue to cover the costs of the games. At least 1.25 million tickets will be made available to the public with an expected revenue of at least 150 million dollars.

IX. TicketingSport Prelim A Prelim B Prelim C Final A Final B Final C

Alpine Skiing $195

Biathlon $75 $25

Bobsleigh $65 $35 $110 $75

Cross Country $75 $25

Curling $65 $125 $80

Figure Skating $200 $150 $100 $450 $350 $250

Free Style

Moguls

Cross

Aerials

Half-pipe

$85

$75

$85

$55

$45

$55

$115

$105

$115

$110

$85

$75

$85

$80

Ice Hockey

Prelim

Quarter

Semi

Final

$150

$225

$350

$100

$150

$250

$50

$100

$150

$450 $250 $100

Luge and

Skeleton

$65 $35 $100 $75

Nordic

Combined

$150 $75

Short Track $225 $150 $100

Ski Jumping $80 $60 $140 $100 $60

Snowboarding

Cross

Half-pipe

Downhill

$150

$125

$125

$100

$95

$95

Speed Skating $215 $125

X. Security

� Security will be a joint project to provide the best possible security for guests, athlete’s and Olympic family. The Denver Police Department, the Colorado State Police, the FBI, Secret Service and the military will be involved in protecting the games.

� Crowd control, venue security and general presence will be provided by the Denver and state police. Athlete and Olympic family protection will be by the Secret Service and the FBI will provide a risk taskforce. The military will be providing fly overs and air security and in the case of emergency provide instance response.

XI. Budget

� Venue budget is set at 900 million dollars.

� Operations budget is 1.5 billion dollars

� Infrastructure upgrades not already in progress is 1.25 billion

� Bid/Organizing Committee budget is 145 million

� Security budget is 800 million dollars

� Total budget is 4 billion with a 500 million budget for unforeseen inflation and cost increases

� The City of Denver will provide 900 million dollars

� Private sector will provide 1.1 billion dollars

� State of Colorado will provide 1.5 billion dollars

� Revenue will provide 500 million dollars at least with the Organizing committee hopes to make in excess of that

� Denver and Colorado will both provide half of the cost overrun contingency.

XII. Sponsorship

� Other than the Olympic sponsors that run from games to games, specific Denver 2018 sponsors will be offered the unique chance to be apart of this once-in-a-lifetime event for Colorado. The bid committee will set sponsorship goals after a successful games but have an estimate of at least 1.1 billion dollars in sponsorship and corporate donations.

� Moslon/Coors Brewing Company

� Kroenke Sports Enternainment

� Xcel Engery

� Qwest Communications

� Are among only a few companies wishing to be a top sponsor for the games. Top sponsorship will be at least 40 million dollars.

XIII. Paralympics

� The Paralympics will take place from March 9th to March 17th. The event will correspond to Spring Break to allow the most possible youth to experience this unique event. The overall budget for the Paralympics will be 350 million dollars.

� All Denver School Board students will be able to purchase tickets through their school with 10% of all revenue being donated to the school board to upgrade and enrich the education experience in the schools of the city

� Vail will host the snow events. Magness arena will host wheelchair curling and Denver Coliseum will host sledge hockey.

Denver: Experience Life at a Mile

High

� Denver is a rich and vibrant city that is ready and willing to welcome the world to an Olympic Winter Games on the foothills of the Rockies. Denver is a city that is in love with sport and the outdoors and wants to show this passion to the world. Denverites will embrace the Olympic Winter Games like no city before and give the world an event to remember with the unique flavour of Colorado and all that it has to offer.

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