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BOISE STATE NEWS / February 14, 2008

Boise State Hosts Ceremonies, Floor Hockey and Special Olympics Town for Invitational Winter Games

Boise State University will be the site of several events Feb. 25-28 for the Special Olympics Invitational Winter Games – a prelude to the Special Olympics World Winter Games next year.

Opening Ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. Feb. 25 in Taco Bell Arena and Closing Ceremony will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Bronco Gymnasium. The floor hockey competition will be conducted at the Student Recreation Center from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 26-27 and from 8 a.m.-noon Feb. 28. The Student Union Building will host the Special Olympics Town, as well as the Healthy Athletes program and other entertainment and food services for the visiting delegations.

The 2008 Invitational Winter Games will include 516 athletes and coaches from 11 countries and four U.S. states, competing in five sports. U.S. participants will be from Idaho, Montana, Washington and Rhode Island. They will compete against athletes from Austria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Romania, Sweden and Kuwait.

Other venues for the Invitational Winter Games include Bogus Basin Ski Resort for alpine skiing, Sun Valley Resort for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, and Tamarack Resort for snowboarding.

The public is welcome to attend the Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony and floor hockey competition at Boise State. No admission will be charged but seating is limited at each event. Free advance tickets will be required for entrance to the ceremonies. Limited campus parking is available in the East Stadium parking lot, the Lincoln Parking Structure and the general lots located south of University Drive.

Boise State University will also be a venue for the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games, which will host 3,000 athletes from 85 countries from Feb. 6-13. The event is held every four years, and Idaho is hosting the eighth Special Olympics World Winter Games dating back to 1977. The previous event was held in Nagano, Japan, in 2005.

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Media Contact: Frank Zang, University Communications, (208) 426-5391, frankzang@boisestate.edu

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Last reviewed on Thursday, February 14, 2008