Colorado Olympic Museum faces more delays

The opening of the U.S. Olympic Museum proposed for Colorado Springs is unlikely to happen by February 2018 as planned.

The date was chosen by organizers who wanted to dedicate the museum to coincide with the winter Olympics.

Museum board chairman Dick Celeste says organizers still need to raise about $10 million for the museum, which is expected to cost more than $70 million.

According to the Colorado Springs Gazette (http://tinyurl.com/hvu682l ), organizers want a place to showcase for the nation’s Olympic and Paralympic events using interactive exhibits and artifacts, including documents like training schedules, photographs, scrapbooks, medals, ribbons, uniforms and old training equipment.

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Online:

Olympic Museum: http://www.usolympicmuseum.org/

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Information from: The Gazette, http://www.gazette.com