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ASPEN — In an effort to expand the X Games' global attraction, organizers today announced nine cities as finalists for venues to hold the games starting in 2013.
ESPN, which runs the X Games, will add three venues, but the balance has not been set. The X Game could expand to three winter and three summer events, or four summer and two winter.
This week in Aspen, there are 215 athletes from 25 countries competing.
Whistler, British Columbia, was the only city to put in a bid for a winter event. The finalist for a summer event are: Barcelona; Munich; Lisbon, Portugal; Quintana Roo, Mexico; Santiago, Chile; and the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Foz do Iguacu.
The winning cities will be named in early April said Scott Guglielmino, ESPN's senior vice president of the X Games. Each city will have a three-year run.
“We want to build off the X Games brand,” Guglielmino said. “We think we have a tremendous property and our objective is to grow that globally.”
For the complete story, visit www.denverpost.com.
ESPN, which runs the X Games, will add three venues, but the balance has not been set. The X Game could expand to three winter and three summer events, or four summer and two winter.
This week in Aspen, there are 215 athletes from 25 countries competing.
Whistler, British Columbia, was the only city to put in a bid for a winter event. The finalist for a summer event are: Barcelona; Munich; Lisbon, Portugal; Quintana Roo, Mexico; Santiago, Chile; and the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Foz do Iguacu.
The winning cities will be named in early April said Scott Guglielmino, ESPN's senior vice president of the X Games. Each city will have a three-year run.
“We want to build off the X Games brand,” Guglielmino said. “We think we have a tremendous property and our objective is to grow that globally.”
For the complete story, visit www.denverpost.com.
