The Coca-Cola Company Signs On as Final National Sponsor of Winter Goodwill Games.Business Editors and Sports/Entertainment Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1999 The Coca-Cola Company has joined Chevy Truck, Circuit City, Gillette, INVESCO Mutual Funds and AIM Distributors, Inc. 1999, Isuzu, Johnson & Johnson, Lincoln Financial Group, PowerBar and Quizno's as a sponsor of the first-ever Winter Goodwill Games The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. The 1979 invasion of Afghanistan caused the USA and other Western countries to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in , to be held in Lake Placid, New York For other places with the same name, see Lake Placid (disambiguation). Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2,638. from February 17-20, 2000 (Opening Celebration on the 16th). With this addition, the Goodwill Games have achieved their goal of signing 10 national charter sponsors. Sponsor information will be incorporated into commercial spots, a national print campaign and on-site signage in Lake Placid Lake Placid, village (1990 pop. 2,485), Essex co., NE N.Y.; settled 1850, inc. 1900. In the Adirondack Mts. at an altitude of 1,800 ft (549 m), the village surrounds Mirror Lake. It is a famous resort and sports center. . The campaign highlights the Games' 10 sponsors; six of the elite athletes who will be competing in the Games; and Olympic champion Dan Jansen, who will be a commentator for TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. . The Winter Goodwill Games, with 16 hours of coverage to air on TNT, will feature 11 winter sports: alpine skiing, bobsled, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge luge (l  zh), a type of small sled on which one or two persons, lying face up, slide feet first down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving, iced chutes similar to those used in , nordic combined, short-track speedskating, skeleton, ski jumping and snowboarding. Commercial spots began airing the first week of December on the various Turner Broadcasting portfolio of networks and will continue through the Games. A comprehensive print and outdoor campaign will accompany the broadcast promotion. National print placements will appear in Time Inc. publications including People and Sports Illustrated, as well as newspapers and outdoor billboards in 11 key markets: New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Detroit, Atlanta, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. Additionally, Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. affiliates across the country will be involved in national promotions leading up to the Games. The total value of the advertising campaign exceeds $10 million. Tickets for the 11-sport event range in price from $5 to $46. Approximately 150,000 tickets will be available for sale for the five-day period of the Games. Tickets can be purchased by visiting or calling the Olympic Center Box Office, at 518.523.3330; through Ticketmaster(R), at (518).476-1000 or (802).862-5300; and via the Internet, at www.goodwillgames.com or www.tickets.com. Tickets are also available through all usual ORDA ORDA Office of Recombinant DNA Activities (NIH) ORDA Oficiul Român Pentru Drepturi de Autor (Romania) ticket outlets. The Goodwill Games were founded by Time Warner Inc. Vice Chairman R.E. Turner in 1986 to ensure that the world's best athletes have the opportunity to compete in world class competition. The four previous Goodwill Games have alternated between the United States and Russia; however, future Games will be staged in countries around the world in both winter and summer formats. In addition to the Winter Goodwill Games, plans are underway for the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia. TNT is the host network for both events. Goodwill Games, Inc., is a division of Turner Sports, the sports programming and production business unit of Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. , Inc. |
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