Olympics museum and more.

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One of the biggest projects slated for Colorado Springs is the City for Champions, which includes a sports-medicine facility on the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs campus, a new Air Force Academy visitor center, a U.S. Olympic Museum and an indoor-outdoor sports facility downtown for Olympic and other events.

The city was awarded $120.5 million over the next 30 years under the state's Regional Tourism Act to help fund the $250 million project. The state funding hinges on building the Olympic Museum, which city leaders say will be completed in 2018.

"The Olympic Museum is going to be another one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities," says Bob Cope, the city's economic vitality specialist.

The site for the museum was donated by...

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