Center of Excellence groundbreaking Wednesday

Olympic champion Ted Ligety and former moguls world champion Nate Roberts will join U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association President and CEO Bill Marolt and Gov. Jon Huntsman in groundbreaking ceremonies Wednesday for the $22.5 million Center of Excellence, described as "the most significant project” in the USSA's history.
PARK CITY, Utah — Olympic champion Ted Ligety and former moguls world champion Nate Roberts will join U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association President and CEO Bill Marolt and Gov. Jon Huntsman in groundbreaking ceremonies Wednesday for the $22.5 million Center of Excellence, described as "the most significant project” in the USSA's history.
    The two Park City gold medalists will be participating in the traditional shoveling ceremony with an athlete from each sport governed by USSA. The group includes: nordic combined World Championships silver medalists Bill Demong and alpiner Lindsey Kildow, plus cross-country racer Andy Newell, snowboarder Graham Watanabe and sit-skier Chris Klebl.
    The ceremony for the national training and education center, is set for 2 p.m. MT on the outskirts of Park City near Quinn's Junction. Included will be opening comments by Marolt, followed by USSA Chairman Dexter Paine; Demong; the governor and, among others, Park City Mayor Dana Williams.
    "It's going to be awesome,” Roberts said. "This center will be one of a kind.”
    The center, designed for use by not only national team athletes but also USSA's 400-plus club, will include a sports medicine center, sport performance facilities (state-of-the-art gymnasium, weight room, cardio respiratory, recovery and rehab center, ramps and tramps area), nutrition center, as well as education and equipment facilities. It will be built on five acres of land adjacent to Park City's sports fields complex near the junction of U.S. Route 40 and State Route 248.