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WSCD will sell BSG Winter Games

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Organizers of the Badger State Games will sell the winter games to Wausau's convention and visitors bureau but plan to work with other communities to host the summer games.

A Wisconsin Sports Development Corp. board member declined to discuss specifics of the negotiations. But “said they were interested in dealing with people in the Wausau and the Marathon County area about bringing and maintaining the livelihood of the winter games.”

The WSDC plans to “fast track” a decision regarding the future of the winter games and plans to hold a meeting of the board's executive committee by Friday.

The local visitors bureau had offered to buy both competitions from the Corporation, which ended the games this summer because of fewer athletes, declining sponsorship and a growing number of other sports competitions. Other communities have a rich tradition of hosting the summer games, such as the Fox Valley and the corporation will work with those communities on the summer games.

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