Editing 2002 Winter Olympics (section)

===Employment===
Olympic related jobs in Utah started in 1996 with slight job opportunities of less than 100. However, from the job measurement conducted from 1996 to 2002, steady attainment of job opportunities established and a maximum level was noted in 2001 where there were 12,500 job opportunities attained yearly, and approximately 25,070 jobs created in 2002.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287502041001006|title=Nonhost Community Resident Reactions to the 2002 Winter Olympics: The Spillover Impacts|first1=Cary|last1=Deccio|first2=Seyhmus|last2=Baloglu|date=August 1, 2002|journal=Journal of Travel Research|volume=41|issue=1|pages=46–56|via=SAGE Journals|doi=10.1177/0047287502041001006|s2cid=154897887|access-date=September 7, 2021|archive-date=March 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308183129/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0047287502041001006|url-status=live}}</ref> Therefore, from 1996 to 2002 the sum of employment equated to 35,000 jobs which lasted a year. February 2002 is when the highest employment opportunities were created compared to other years. There were around 25,070 job opportunities created compared to 35,000 created from 1996 to 2001.

It is difficult to quantify the impact of the 2002 Olympics on the [[unemployment rates]] in Utah, due mostly to the effect of the [[early 2000s recession]]. In 1996, the unemployment rate in Utah was approximately 3.4%, while the U.S. national average was 5.4% and by the end of 2001, the unemployment rate in Utah was around 4.8%, while the national average had risen to 5.7%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.bls.gov/ |title=Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject |publisher=Data.bls.gov |date= |access-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-date=December 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203213338/http://www.data.bls.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There was a high percentage of visitors to the Games, which raised the number of tourists whose consumption and demand prompted the establishment of job opportunities to meet the demands.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pace |first=Levi |date=2006-07-25 |title=Economic Impact of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games |url=https://gardner.utah.edu/_documents/publications/econ-dev/olympics-econ-impact.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013004057/https://gardner.utah.edu/_documents/publications/econ-dev/olympics-econ-impact.pdf |archive-date=2017-10-13 |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=University of Utah Center for Public Policy and Administration}}</ref>