Nebraska Chosen For 2010 National Games

Special Olympics North America has selected Nebraska as the site of the 2010 Special Olympics National Games to be held in late July 2010. These games will bring approximately 4,000 athletes and coaches and nearly 15,000 family members, sponsors and officials to the Omaha/Lincoln area for 7 days of competitions in 14 sports.

This is a great honor for Nebraska and our organization. We expect to hold many of the competitions right on the campus of UNL or that of Nebraska Wesleyan. We will look to the next best facilities in Lincoln or Omaha for the competitions that require us to move off campus such as golf or bowling.

We anticipate the 2010 games will require nearly 8,000 volunteers and will cost nearly $6 million dollars to operate. The responsibility to raise that money and recruit the volunteers will rest with the new 2010 National Games Organizing Committee which is now being organized.

We look forward to the challenge and welcome the 2010 National Games to Nebraska.

(c) Special Olympics Nebraska