Even though the Olympics are all about competition, they are
also supposed to bring people together. People from all over the world, people
who otherwise would never meet one another, or ever leave their home countries,
come together in Olympic villages and venues and represent the best that every
nation has to offer.
EnergySolutions Arena, the Maverik Center, the Olympic Park
and Olympic Oval, the Salt Palace Convention Center, Snowbasin and the ski
resorts of Park City and the Cottonwood Canyons stand ready. Work
must begin now, much of it to be done by people who will be out of office by the
time the games are actually staged.