Silver State Lifting Competitions Set for June 29-30
Signups are available for the Silver State Weightlifting and Power lifting competitions to be held June 29 and 30 at Elite Cross Fit, 475 E. Greg Street in Sparks. The competitions are part of the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition’s ongoing mission to promote the Olympic Movement throughout the region. Nevada Barbell is co-hosting the […]
Continue Reading...Silver State Youth Track & Field Competition Set for June 29-30
Signups are available for the Silver State Youth Track and field competition to be held June 29and 30 at Damonte Ranch High School in Reno. The competitions are part of the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition’s ongoing mission to promote the Olympic Movement throughout the region. Reno-Tahoe Athletics is co-hosting the competition. Events for both […]
Continue Reading...Save the Date for Upcoming Events
Saturday, November 23, 2013- RTWGC International Sports Hall of Fame Dinner Gala This annual event recognizes the athletes, coaches and sports pioneers from our region who have left their indelible stamp on the sports world. This year’s event will once again take place in the Grand Ballroom of the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno. […]
Continue Reading...Championship Volleyball in Reno Next Week
Olympic caliber volleyball is coming to the “Biggest Little City” as the United States men’s team will take on the Bulgarian national men’s team in a pair of official World League matches June 29and 30. Both matches start at 7:30 p.m. at the Reno Events Center. The FIVB Volleyball World League is an international men’s […]
Continue Reading...Jon’s Jottings: From the desk of RTWGC CEO Jon Killoran
When the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced last July that it would not pursue a bid for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, we here in Reno-Tahoe took a deep breath. After all, over the past decade a lot of people throughout our region had spent quite a bit of time and effort to prepare […]
Continue Reading...Continental Cup Tickets a Big Hit with Curling Fans
Curing fans, especially “Canadian Snowbirds”, north-of-the-border residents who spend at least part of the winter in the western United States, are flocking to purchase tickets for the 2014 Continental Cup in Las Vegas. The event will be taking place in the U.S. for the first time in its history next January 16-19 at the Orleans […]
Continue Reading...IOC and USOC Recognize Reno-Tahoe’s Olympic Day Family Festival
On or around each June 23rd, thousands of communities around the world celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the modern-day Olympic Games. For the past two years the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition has hosted a Family Festival at the University of Nevada’s Mackay Stadium, allowing youth and kids at heart the opportunity to […]
Continue Reading...Reno-Tahoe Elected to Executive Board for World Union of Olympic Cities
During its annual meeting, the World Union of Olympic Cities (UMVO) Executive Committee unanimously approved Reno-Tahoe’s inclusion on the committee, further recognizing the region’s Olympic Heritage and its interest in further promoting the Olympic Movement. Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition (RTWGC) vice chairman Hawley MacLean, who has forged several key relationships with UMVO members, will […]
Continue Reading...United States to Continue Future Olympic Bid Study
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced it will continue its due diligence in determining whether to pursue an opportunity to bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games or the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The announcement was made after the USOC’s Board of Directors met in the San Francisco Bay Area […]
Continue Reading...Curling Congress Coming to Reno-Tahoe
The World Curling Federation (WCF) has awarded its annual Congress to Reno-Tahoe in 2014. It marks the first time the gathering of international curling officials and stakeholders has been awarded to a North American city/region. The Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition (RTWGC) partnered with the Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority (RSCVA) in preparing the […]
Continue Reading...Lake Tahoe to Bid for Winter X Games
A bid to win a three-year contract to host Winter X Games is being submitted by a group comprised of Lake Tahoe Region snow sport resorts and tourism agencies. ESPN, which owns the X Games franchise selected Tahoe as one of the regions invited to bid for the 2015-17 Winter X Games. “Hosting an event […]
Continue Reading...Continental Cup of Curling Rolls the Dice on Las Vegas
U.S. history will be made just one month before 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Nov. 27, 2012) – The world’s best curlers are coming to Las Vegas. In a joint announcement today by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA), U.S. Curling Association (USCA), World Curling Federation (WCF) and the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition […]
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