19 Quotes by Todd Olson

I wouldn't want to be trying to get a hotel room in Grand Forks for Friday night.

Over the past two decades, Shakespeare in the Park has become one of the Tampa Bay area's most beloved institutions, having attracted more than 20,000 patrons a year. After speaking with our audience, we decided that, after 20 years, it was time to start a new tradition.

We've talked as a staff how important it is to do this one well. And I think it's real important for Grand Forks to show it supports high school basketball. Hopefully the people in the community will come out and support the tournament. Devils Lake losing in the boys regional didn't help our attendance. They were by far the best-followed team in the East Region tournament.

We have a lot of good people involved who have been around a lot of tournaments. When everybody does their job well, you end up putting on a good event. Hopefully we can put on a good enough show so that we can get it back again.

We've done all right in the first three. Now we hope to finish strong. I don't care what the sport is, tournament atmosphere is great. It's fun to be around athletes competing at a high level. Some of their energy rubs off on you as you go through the weekend.

We're not going to change a lot initially but will phase things in,

We'd been looking for ways to help the community. This fits the bill.

We had the land for about three years before we started building, ... Timing is everything for us when putting up a site. We were waiting for the right time.

We are very excited to have the opportunity to produce this incredible drama with such an amazing cast.