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Lanier venue renovations in full swing ahead of Olympic qualifiers, Pan Am Championships
Restrooms, handicap accessibility features, concessions part of makeover
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Improvements to the Lake Lanier Olympic Park site include renovations to the restrooms, which now include a larger concession area and administrative offices. The $1.6 million renovation is the first step in an eventual $7.5 million to $10 million plan to redo the venue on both sides of Clarks Bridge Road.
Five interlocking, rusted rings are silhouetted against the sparkling waters of Lake Lanier, where paddlers flock from across the hemisphere to train. The Lake Lanier Olympic Park, previously dubbed the Olympic venue, has been a fixture in Gainesville for 20 years. But the site of the kayaking and rowing events in the 1996 Olympic Games was loosely maintained for two decades.