Posted November 13, 200717 yr pd: Cleveland in running for 2013 National Senior Games 15,000 athletes to compete in 2013 Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Sarah Hollander Plain Dealer Reporter Article Removed
November 14, 200717 yr Ok, so I can deal with losing to Athens but to these two cities? Come fricking on! We better get this!
November 15, 200717 yr Hopefully Miami will be ruled out since it is much more expensive than the other two cities...which my prediction would be that it's going to be between Birmingham and Cleveland. Hopefully Clevelands's venues, attractions, public transit etc will outway the competition. But they did have it in San Fran before, so who knows.
November 16, 200717 yr I was walking in the Arcade today and I saw the delegation standing near the Superior Ave. entrance. I knew b/c they were wearing buttons. Keep your fingers crossed! :wink:
March 6, 200817 yr WE GOT IT! :clap: :clap: So walking on ice covered sidewalks downtown today, fearing for my life, I happened to glance at a newspaper box and to my pleasant suprise: Cleveland to host Senior Games in 2013 Posted by Sarah Hollander March 06, 2008 03:57AM Article Removed
March 6, 200817 yr These are intl games right? At least I hope so! If there are 13,000+/- participants, do you think we'll have an extra 50,000 people in Cleveland including family, spectators, and media? How many people were we supposed to prepare for when we bid for the 2008 Republican Convention where they'd have people in hotels in Sandusky?
March 6, 200817 yr The convention doesn't last two weeks. The games last two weeks. I'd assume that the athletes don't stay the entire two weeks.
March 7, 200817 yr I guess it can't be too great of an undertaking if Louisville and Pittsburgh-both a notch below San Francisco- have hosted the games in recent years. Great news nonetheless!
March 8, 200817 yr Here's a VIDEO interview discussing the games a little more in depth: http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=56493&bw=
July 17, 201311 yr I think the thread got deleted for the Senior Games? Plentyof news and videos -- starts Friday! http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/306245/3/Senior-Games-ready-to-take-over-Cleveland http://www.cleveland.com/national-senior-games/index.ssf/2013/07/monument_for_athletes_of_the_s.html
July 17, 201311 yr Man I bet you wont be able to find estrogen, mallox or Viagra within 50 miles of Cleveland. Or either the price of the above will increase with all these old folks in town.
July 17, 201311 yr Thank goodness the temperature is supposed to drop starting Saturday. The smell of BenGay wafting across the city would have been awful. Just awful.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 20, 201311 yr More news coverage" http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/Clevelands-success-during-National-Senior-Games-could-mean-more-downtown-events http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/07/senior_games_open_in_cleveland.html
July 20, 201311 yr I loved the Torch monument being lit up in various colors this would be a beautiful sight when riding past the malls if continuously lit up like Terminal Tower is.
July 27, 201311 yr Ohio leading the way in medals: www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/07/senior_games_celebration_of_at.html
September 23, 201311 yr National Senior Games in Cleveland break record for participation CLEVELAND, Ohio -- More than 25,000 people poured into Cleveland for the National Senior Games in July, with 10,888 registered athletes – the greatest participation in the event’s 14-year history, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission President and CEO David Gilbert told Cleveland City Council members during a caucus today. Every downtown hotel room was booked for two weeks, streets were bustling and more than 65,000 people came through the event’s festival village at the new Cleveland Convention Center, Gilbert said. Promotional materials and maps steered visitors to entertainment in the city’s neighborhoods, Gilbert said, and the commission negotiated with RTA to get free 5-day bus passes for athletes and discounts for family members. Within the next 45 days, Gilbert said, researchers at Kent State University will deliver an estimate of just how much money the event pumped into the local economy. But most importantly, Gilbert said, Cleveland made a remarkable impression on out-of-towners, many of whom, when offering feedback on the event, said they had competed in many cities, and Cleveland is the only one they hope to visit again. http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2013/09/national_senior_games_in_cleve.html#incart_river_default
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