AAU isn’t wasting any time.recently,National Chairman of Youth Sports Paul R. Campbell was in Houston for a site visit as well as in San Antonio.
The Amateur Athletic Union has narrowed the cities it is considering to host its AAU Junior Olympic from 2013 to 2022. Seven cities, including Houston and San Antonio, made the cut and a decision could come by the end of the month according to , for the AAU.
Other cites under consideration are Detroit, New Orleans, Des Moines, Iowa, Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Dayton, Ohio.
Campbell states ”When you have every major city vying for these big type events, you always try to be cautiously optimistic, but we are pleased to be one of the seven cities left, in the finals,”
The AAU event will bring 15,000 athletes, three to four thousand coaches, over 20,000 spectators and an economic impact of $50 million according to Campbell, who noted San Antonio made a great impression when that city hosted the AAU Junior Olympic Games in 1989.
Campbell said cities that make the cut will host the AAU event at least one time during the time period of 2013 to 2022. Cities that make a great impression could get the chance to host the event again five years later.
The cities that didn’t make the cut were Pittsburgh, Charlotte, and Cleveland.
The AAU event was held in Detroit this year and will be in Des Moines, Iowa next year.
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