Two Central Pennsylvania bus companies and a media company hope to win a lot of greenbacks after completing their duties at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 8-Feb. 24.
Capitol Trailways of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, and Rohrer Tour & Charter Co. of Duncannon, Perry County, have been awarded a contract to provide transportation to the 2002 Winter Games. Skip Becker, vice president of both companies, declined to disclose the financial terms of the contract.
The Olympic organizing committee subcontracts the transportation work through a transportation-management company. That company contacted Capitol Trailways and Rohrer Tour & Charter and offered an undisclosed price that both companies accepted, Becker said. There are other bus companies providing transportation services, but no others from the region, he said.
Because of security concerns at this year's Games, the drivers don't know what their responsibilities are from day to day until they're briefed, Becker said. Lately, the drivers have been transporting athletes from the Olympic Village to various venues, and the drivers are bringing spectators to competition sites.
On Feb. 4, 10 Capitol Trailways buses left for the Olympics with 11 drivers (six from Capitol Trailways, five from Rohrer Tour & Charter). Beginning Feb. 9, the companies were to provide transportation for nine days, Becker said. The companies have an option to provide four more days of service, if needed, he said.
This is the first time either company has been selected to provide service to the Olympics, Becker said. This is also the first time either company applied, he said.
"I think it's a matter of substantial pride for this region that we were selected," Becker said. "This is not an easy process."
Capitol Trailways charters bus trips between Washington, D.C., and Syracuse, N.Y, as well as to New York City, Philadelphia and Atlantic City, N.J. The company operates terminals in Harrisburg, Lancaster, York and three other cities in Pennsylvania. Rohrer Tour & Charter also provides charterbus service, specializing in group tours.
Both independently operated companies are divisions of BBW Enterprises Inc., Harrisburg.
Capitol Trailways and Rohrer Tour & Charter aren't the only Central Pennsylvania companies working at the Winter Games. Winemiller Communications Inc., a Carlisle, Cumberland County-based company, was given more than $750,000 to help broadcast the Olympics, said President Jan Winemiller.
Winemiller Communications is contracted to the host broadcaster, International Sports Broadcasting, which provides the official television coverage of the Games to rightsholding broadcasters in the various countries. (NBC is the rights-holding broadcaster in the United States). Winemiller Communications is providing wireless cameras, microwave and communications equipment.
These are the sixth Olympics for Winemiller Communications, Winemiller said. Of the company's 25 employees, a dozen are in Salt Lake City, she said.
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