Fascinating fact: The Olympic Stadium is only used for the Opening and Closing Celermonies during the Winter Games. Think about it. There are not many Winter sports that can take place in that type of stadium. It was a good thing the Rice-Eccles Stadium wasn’t built just for the Salt Lake City games.
The Olympic Games opening ceremony is tonight. I’ll probably be watching it chanting “USA! USA!” It’s always interesting to watch the countries that participate. The USA and other Western countries dominate the games since they usually have the money to fund the practice facilities. Other 3rd world countries may only have one or two athletes. Then there’s the Jamacian Bobsled team….