Stanford Hosts Major Sporting Events

In anoth­er demon­stra­tion of Stan­ford’s world­wide influ­ence, Stan­ford just host­ed the 2002 World Pen­tathalon Cham­pi­onships and is cur­rent­ly host­ing the Bank of the West ten­nis cham­pi­onship fea­tur­ing play­ers such as Venus Williams, Mon­i­ca Seles,and Anna Kourniko­va.

To top it all off, Stan­ford will be the loca­tion of sev­er­al of the 2012 Olympic games, should San Fran­cis­co win its bid to host them. In par­tic­u­lar, swim­ming, div­ing and archery, track and field, soft­ball, bad­minton and the pen­tathlon. Plus Stan­ford would be the site of the open­ing and clos­ing cer­e­monies. Read a relat­ed arti­cle here.
Sweet!