Episode 64 - Tony Vitrano
Tony Vitrano, one of the world's leading event transport experts, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and revisits Utah Olympic Park with his family, a move from Florida and an unexpected helping hand from an American icon (recorded 26 August 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.
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WARM UP
00:27 - Welcome Tony!
02:30 - COVID-19 and event transport
PRELIMS
06:30 - Florida to Salt Lake
11:00 - Defying expectations
QUARTERFINALS
12:54 - Lots of buses
15:48 - Buses and inclines
SEMIFINALS
18:19 - "What do you need?"
23:14 - Finding drivers
FINALS
25:51 - "A very old-school way"
29:00 - Sizing up the demand
MIXED ZONE
33:35 - Managing expectations
37:37 - 9/11 (sitting on a barrier)
COOL DOWN
41:07 - "We were all a bit more diligent"
43:32 - Final segment
