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Badger States Games return official

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Following weeks of negotiations, the Badger State games will officially be returning.

The Wisconsin Sports Development Cooperation agreed to sell the rights to both the winter and summer games to the Wausau-Central Wisconsin Convention and visitors Bureau in a deal announced yesterday.

The bureau will invest $5,000 in athlete scholarships in each of the next three years to cover the $15,000 sale price. The Wisconsin Sports Foundation along with Ministry Health care will combine to pay the first $5,000.

Athletes can begin registering in November for the winter games, which will take place the first week in February in the Wausau area.

The summer games will remain in the Fox Cities for the foreseeable future, but the Wausau Bureau will handle the marketing and registration.

The sports Development Corporation had looked into selling the summer games elsewhere but decided it made more sense to package it to one location. That package includes the trademark, website and databases for marketing and registration.

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