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Gore Mountain will host skiing and snowboarding competitions at the World University Games. Some 1,443 athletes, representing more than 540 universities and 46 nations will participate.
Paul Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Paul Post<\/p>\n

The Lake Placid-based, January 12-22 World University Games are having a direct economic impact on the entire North County including Warren County as Great Escape Lodge in Queensbury is the official athlete village for 200 people taking part in freestyle ski events at Gore Mountain.<\/p>\n

This includes athletes, coaches, delegates and officials from more than two dozen countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked closely with community and state leaders to provide a bid for the opportunity to host this amazing event,\u201d said Jennifer Mance, resort marketing and sales manager. \u201cWe\u2019re honored for the opportunity to provide a fantastic experience for visiting athletes. While the popularity of our property is year-round given our indoor waterpark, we are proud to support this event along with our entire region and believe it will have a positive impact for many businesses in our area for the duration of the Games.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Equally if not more important for Warren County tourism, ESPN will broadcast competition around the globe, providing priceless exposure that pays dividends by attracting visitors for years to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Creek has seen increased advertising and marketing that will have a lasting impact, long after the Games,\u201d said Jon Lundin, Olympic Regional Development Authority spokesman. \u201cOn January 18, the resort and community will receive nationwide exposure from ESPN2\u2019s live broadcast of slopestyle skiing at Gore.\u201d<\/p>\n

And TSN, a property of ESPN, is the official digital and television host broadcast partner to the Canadian market, a major contributor to local tourism, one of the county\u2019s biggest economic engines.<\/p>\n

All told, about 2,500 athletes and coaches from 50 countries are taking part in the Games, mostly in Lake Placid, although preliminary hockey rounds are slated for Potsdam as well, providing a region-wide economic impact.<\/p>\n

Lake Placid, because of its small size and how much the Olympics have grown, could never host the Olympics again on its own. But the state recently spent $500 million upgrading ORDA venues, including Gore Mountain, so they\u2019re once again ranked among\u2014if not the best\u2014winter sports facilities in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly the economic impact from these Games has been happening for the past four years with construction and development,\u201d said Jim McKenna, CEO of the Lake Placid-based Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism. \u201cCertainly there\u2019s going to be an impact from visitors to the Games. But the real goal of these Games was to get these facilities in a position where they\u2019re established for international events for many years to come. The way these venues are now, they\u2019re positioned very well for many more international sports events over the next 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

So a successful World University Games could put Lake Placid back in the running as an Olympic host site, but as part of a broader New York state event, possibly including Warren and Saratoga counties as well.<\/p>\n

Under the most obvious scenario, ski jumping, alpine skiing, speed skating and sliding competition would be held in Lake Placid, with glamorous figure skating and high-profile hockey games taking part in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there\u2019s many possibilities when you look at the corridor between New York City and Lake Placid, even Saratoga Springs where there\u2019s an international-size rink for short-track speed skating,\u201d McKenna said.<\/p>\n

Even smaller arenas such as Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls could be used for preliminary hockey rounds. In December 1979, the eventual gold medal-winning \u201cMiracle on Ice\u201d U.S. Men\u2019s Hockey Team played an exhibition game against the Adirondack Red Wings in Glens Falls, leading up to the 1980 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly there\u2019s been a different direction, right up to the International Olympic Committee level, where they\u2019re looking at Winter Olympics on a more regional basis now,\u201d McKenna said. \u201cThe best example is the 2026 Winter Games scheduled for Milan and Cortina, Italy, about a 280-mile drive apart. Milan will host indoor events, while the Cortina region is used for outdoor sports. There\u2019s also a sliding track there.\u201d<\/p>\n

So how far into the future might this be for the North Country? Salt Lake City, which hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, is the leading U.S. contender for having the Games in 2030 or 2034.<\/p>\n

\u201cAssuming Salt Lake City is successful with either of those years, that makes the window for New York possible in 2042 or 2046,\u201d McKenna said. \u201cIt sounds like a long time away, but the process for the 1980 Games in Lake Placid started in 1968, so it\u2019s not unprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n

No matter what happens on the Olympic front, there\u2019s no question the World University Games are helping the Adirondack region including Warren County.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing this is going to do is give us a chance to showcase ourselves to the world,\u201d said Lake Placid Mayor Art Devlin, Jr. \u201cWhen you can welcome the world to your community that\u2019s pretty special. And anytime people from different countries get together, talk and see each other, the more they understand each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s one benefit that doesn\u2019t have a price tag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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