With Champions approved for Colorado Springs, planning and fundraising to begin
“Hours after City for Champions supporters learned Monday they would receive $120.5 million from the state to help fund four proposed tourism projects, and amid handshakes, hugs and high-fives at an afternoon news conference, former Colorado College President Richard Celeste had a message for the gathering:
Now, the real work begins, he said. As City for Champions backers cleared one hurdle, they face other logistical, funding and political questions.
City for Champions includes a downtown sports and events center, an Olympic museum, a new Air Force Academy visitors center and a sports medicine and performance center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.”
Laden, Rich. The Gazette 17 December 2013.