Sarasota News Leader
September 27, 2013
Rissler explained that the only other BMX
track in the United States is in Chula Vista,
CA, and it is open for training by invitation
only. Riders competing for slots on the U.S.
teams are the only ones allowed to use that
facility, she told the TDC board.
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Braunlich, who is the resort manager at the
Hyatt Siesta Key Beach.
Rissler told him Visit Sarasota County staff
had "pulled numbers" from convention and
visitors bureaus in areas that had hosted national and international BMX events to deterBecause Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the mine projections for this community.
2016 Summer Olympics, and BMX is an OlymMoreover, she said, "We've been home to the
pic sport, Rissler pointed out, Sarasota would
Strider World Championships for the last couexpect to see a lot of athletes coming to the
ple of years," and those participants stay on
area to train in advance of those games.
Lido Beach.
"We have a climate similar to Rio," she added.
Rissler added that the VSC staff purposely
"Are we convinced that this [project] is a di- left out of the economic development statisrect driver for building hotel room-nights" and tics any numbers related to training, because
bringing families into Sarasota County, asked some athletes could end up rooming with oth-
A chart offers more details about anticipated events. Image courtesy Sarasota County
