The Utah Summer Games is an Olympic-style sports festival for athletes of all ages and abilities open to residents of the state of Utah. For the past 24 years, the Utah Summer Games has conducted this event in Cedar City, Utah with an average total of 9,600 participants, 50 thousand spectators, and 1,000 volunteers in attendance each year. Add all that together and you have one of the premier sporting events in Utah.

USG is a charter member of the National Congress of State Games (NCSG).

The National Congress of State Games (NCSG) is a national membership organization comprised of the individual State Games across the country. The NCSG is a community-based member of the United States Olympic Committee and rights holder of the State Games of America. The State Games of America is the premier national Olympic-style sports festival held every other year. Medal winners from State Games earn the right to compete against other medal winners and match their skills and competitive desire in a national arena. The 2008 State Games of America were held July 24-27, 2008 in Colorado Spring, Colorado.  The State Games of America for 2009 will be held in Colorado Springs, CO (subject to change). http://www.utahsummergames.org/about.html

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