Gold medal metropolis. (Special Advertising Section: Salt Lake City).(Salt Lake City, Utah, travel and tourism)(Brief Article) From: Travel Agent | Date: September 23, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Advanstar Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Olympic Winter Games of 2002 have forever changed Salt Lake City, creating a mini-metropolis sporting a fresh and diverse cultural scene. Changes wrought by the Olympics include abundant rooms in spectacular new and renovated hotels, as well as an assortment of freshly minted restaurants and bars. Recent restaurant development gives Salt Lake bragging rights to being the culinary capital of the Rockies.

Salt Lake City's six-by-nine-block downtown neighborhood of earl...