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A <br />y emu. . <br />1 <br />33 STATE OF MLVNESOTA <br />OFFICE nF nm Gov tAtl'UN <br />RUDY PERPICH ST. PAUL 55155 <br />GOVERNOR <br />bLQ2esn4.r_RstdY_FUalr-h <br />INFORIATION <br />0NLYYP" <br />Now that we have won the right to host the 1992 Super Bowl, <br />Minnesota has staked its claim as the sports capital of the <br />world over the next four years. More than 40 major sporting <br />events will occur in Minnesota between now and 1993, resulting <br />in more than $200 million in economic benefit for our state. <br />Among the events the people of Minnesota can look forward to <br />are the U.S. Olympic Sports Festival and the NCAA Ice Hockey <br />Final Four in 1990, the International special Olympics, the <br />International Figure Skating Championships and the U.S. Open <br />Golf Championship in 1991, the NCAA Basketball Final Four and <br />the Super Bowl in 1992, and the world Masters Games in 1993. <br />This fantastic line-up could not have happened without the <br />persistent, dedicated effort of people in dozens of Minnesota <br />communities. It is fitting that these events will reward that <br />effort by providing a substantial boost to the economy and the <br />civic pride of communities all across our state. <br />Five years ago in my 1984 State of the State address, I pledged <br />that Minnesota would go all-out to promote and produce the most <br />successful and comprehensive sports program in the world. From <br />the start, the people of Minnesota have worked together in <br />public -private partnership to fulfil: that pledge. <br />Before 1984 was over, we had a 21-person task force working to <br />bring professional basketball to Minnesota. We were building <br />the first of our world -class amateur sports facilities --the <br />Giants' Ridge Ski Center in Biwabik. And we had made our first <br />bid to host the Super Bowl. <br />Then in 1987, we created the Minnesota Amateur Sports <br />Commission, and appropriated more than $29 million dollars for <br />sports facilities and associations. This money leveraged an <br />additional $20 million in city, county and private sector <br />resources. <br />Today, those years of planning and effort have proven to be an <br />excellent investment in the future economy, pride and physical <br />health of Minnesota. <br />We now have a professional basketball team that will begin play <br />this fall --and will soon have its own arena in downtown <br />Minneapolis. <br />AN ECUAL OPPORTUNITY E.MPLOYEP <br />