October 19, 2003
Missed opportunities

Such a shame we didn't have time to visit Austria while we were overseas, or we could have stopped in on the Schwarzeneggar Museum.


In Graz, travelers can visit the Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum in the Fitnessparadies gym, with photo displays of Schwarzenegger's bodybuilding victories alongside his old metal barbells. Or they can take in an event at the 15,350-seat Arnold Schwarzenegger Soccer Stadium, dedicated on his 50th birthday in 1997.

According to a report in the Orange County (California) Register, recent plans for a massive 82-foot-tall steel statue of Schwarzenegger were "terminated," as the local media liked to say, by the movie star's assertion that the estimated $5 million cost would have been better spent on local charities and services.


Alas. Maybe next time.

Posted by Charles Kuffner on October 19, 2003 to Around the world | TrackBack
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