Special Olympics will tour Boise

"The group of Idahoans working to bring the Special Olympics 2009 Winter World Games to Idaho got good news Tuesday. Special Olympics International has accepted their bid and the organization's selection committee will tour possible venues March 23-26.

'We are in the running. They are coming back,' said organizer Pirie Grossman.

Idaho is competing with Reno and cities in Germany, Poland and Austria to host the Games, which tourism and commerce officials say could bring millions of dollars into the state's economy.
Austria had not been on the list before, but Special Olympics accepted that bid because the country hosted the Games in 1993."