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[[two images, black and white]] tion to the national governing bodies for sports in the Pan-American and Olympic Games. Facilities Almost every kind of facility for every kind of sport can be found in Southern California, and the LAOOC will use existing facilities for more events in the 1982 Games, substantially decreasing the most expensive line item in recent Olympic Games' budges—construction costs. In the few instances where new facilities have been required, corporate sponsors have come forward to finance construction as part of their contribution to the 1984 Games. The Southland Corporation (7-Eleven stores) funded the construction of the Olympic Velodrome at California State University Dominguez Hills, a permanent addition to the campus and greater Los Angeles community. Similarly, the MacDonald's Corporation will fund the Olympic swimming and diving facilities on the campus of the University of Southern California. The Atlantic Richfield Company (AROC) is providing the financing to refurbish the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, including the installation of a new field and a world-class synthetic surface track. ARCO will also build six training tracks for the 1984 Games at various sites throughout Los Angeles. Villages Los Angeles introduced the concept of an Olympic Village in 1932. Now, as the Games return to Los Angeles, innovation will strike again as there will be two Olympic Villages, one each on the campuses of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Southern California (USC). In addition, rowing and canoeing contestants will be housed at the University of California, Santa Barbara, close to their Lake Casitas competition site. In February 1982, the IOC Executive Board and the International Sport Federations determined that 1984 Olympic athletes will be housed by nationally at the two Villages, with the exception of rowing and canoeing athletes. The UCLA and USC villages and Santa Barbara satellite housing will accommodate the expected 10,000 athletes and 4,000 National Olympic Committee (NOC) official in 1984. Media The estimated television audience for the Games is about 2.5 billion people, more than half the Earth's population. Accreditation will proceed according to the schedule prescribed in the Olympic charter. Quotas for national press and photographers will be finalized by the IOC in early 1983. Individual media apply to their NOC for accreditation to the Games. The LAOOC will distribute accreditation forms to the NOCs nine months prior to the Games, and the filled-in forms will be returned to Los Angeles not later than six months prior to the Opening Ceremonies. Housing can be reserved through the accreditation form. Conveniently located hotels in a variety of price ranges have been allotted from the LAOOC Olympic Family hotel inventory for media use. Price range choices and further details will be included with the accreditation form. The Los Angels Convention Center, with more than 31,600 square meters (334,000 square feet) of space on its grounds, will be the Main Press Center for the 1984 Games. Every imaginable utility can be installed in the Center, allowing use of almost any type of telecommunications device currently employed by print media. Extensive currency ex Continued no page 207 Jesse Owens [[graphic, Olympic rings]] 205
