We have superior facilities. Our community was very attractive to the Florida Sports Foundation, which organizes the games.

This will set us up in the future as a larger player nationally in sports marketing. Down the road you might point at the Sunshine State Games as our next goal.

Sports have games that parents can come and see, the community can be involved in it. The band has contests and plays at football games. There's not many opportunities for art students to display their gifts.

It has been said that the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games is something that an athlete will remember for the rest of their life. It is true. That moment when you walk into the Olympic Stadium as part of the Australian Olympic Team, is a moment that I will never forget.

That's not including any leisure activities such as golf, fishing or kayaking.

The Villages has over 50,000 folks living on-site and every venue was right there intact. We have to overcome the perception our venues will not be one place.