Why Doesn't SLC Know About the Oval?
A few weeks ago, US Junior Category One speedskater and 2005 Kearns High School graduate Parker Vance was chosen by Channel 2 News as Prep Athlete of the Week. Congratualtions to Parker on a well-deserved honor.
After the story ran on TV, the Utah Olympic Oval started to get phone calls from Salt Lake City residents. People were asking, "Is that place still open?"
"Can we skate there?"
"Do you have ice skating lessons?"
It blows my mind that the people of Salt Lake City still don't know that the Utah Olympic Oval is there for their use! Where else can you just wander in, free of charge, and see the stars of your Olympic team doing their daily workout? Where else can you then go and skate a public session on the same ice that skaters like Jen Rodriguez, Derek Parra, Chad Hedrick and Chris Witty use for training?
I can't believe that this building, which my buddy Andrew Love calls the "Insane Power Station;" which is visible from practically every vantage point in the Salt Lake valley; has been so utterly ignored. Why has nobody tried to dispel the mistaken belief that this facility is not closed to all but the elite?
Don't tell me that all those Olympic bribes of the early 1990's were for nothing. I thought they were done "for the children!!" Now that we have the facilities, let the children know they can come in and play.
A few weeks ago, US Junior Category One speedskater and 2005 Kearns High School graduate Parker Vance was chosen by Channel 2 News as Prep Athlete of the Week. Congratualtions to Parker on a well-deserved honor.
After the story ran on TV, the Utah Olympic Oval started to get phone calls from Salt Lake City residents. People were asking, "Is that place still open?"
"Can we skate there?"
"Do you have ice skating lessons?"
It blows my mind that the people of Salt Lake City still don't know that the Utah Olympic Oval is there for their use! Where else can you just wander in, free of charge, and see the stars of your Olympic team doing their daily workout? Where else can you then go and skate a public session on the same ice that skaters like Jen Rodriguez, Derek Parra, Chad Hedrick and Chris Witty use for training?
I can't believe that this building, which my buddy Andrew Love calls the "Insane Power Station;" which is visible from practically every vantage point in the Salt Lake valley; has been so utterly ignored. Why has nobody tried to dispel the mistaken belief that this facility is not closed to all but the elite?
Don't tell me that all those Olympic bribes of the early 1990's were for nothing. I thought they were done "for the children!!" Now that we have the facilities, let the children know they can come in and play.
posted by Eva at 8:57 AM
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