PHOTOS: Lake Lanier Olympic Park dedicates new pavilion to trio who helped bring 1996 Games to Gainesville - Gainesville Times

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PHOTOS: Lake Lanier Olympic Park dedicates new pavilion to trio who helped bring 1996 Games to Gainesville

A crowd gathers Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at Lake Lanier Olympic Park for a ribbon cutting ceremony officially opening the new Legacy Pavilion named in honor of the Gainesville-Hall 1996 Olympic Tri-Chairs Jim Mathis, Steve Gilliam and Mary Hart Wilheit. - photo by Scott Rogers

04252026 LEGACYPAVILION 6.jpg — A crowd gathers Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at Lake Lanier Olympic Park for a ribbon cutting ceremony officially opening the new Legacy Pavilion named in honor of the Gainesville-Hall 1996 Olympic Tri-Chairs Jim Mathis, Steve Gilliam and Mary Hart Wilheit. - photo by Scott Rogers

Thirty years after helping bring the Olympics to Gainesville, three community leaders were honored Wednesday with a pavilion bearing their legacy at Lake Lanier Olympic Park.