Olympic champion and 3-time world team champion aerial skier Chris Lillis voiced his approval of the Winter Olympic Games returning to Utah in a poolside interview at the Utah Olympic Park training center. Lillis believes the 2034 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games will be a great opportunity for kids with aspirations for competing.
“The facilities are top notch, they are always expanding, always building new things to make it better and now we see why. They are building towards such a big event like the Olympics.”
Park City resident Mathew Lindon also answered a few questions providing context to the area’s explosive growth over the past 45 years from a town with no traffic light to one of the most popular ski destinations in the world. Lindon had wise words mixed with optimism and caution when it comes to Park City taking the world’s stage in 10 years:
“We seen these big changes as we come along and I think we do best when we change slowly and we have time to think things out and do things the right way. With the Olympics we have had the time, we have had the money and I think what they have done is excellent.”
The 2034 games will utilize sites that have been well-maintained as community facilities since the Winter Games in 2002 and will include no new permanent venue construction.
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