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Predictions made before the Olympics that Utah would be found "impossibly stodgy" have proven untrue.
According to a Deseret News/KSL-TV poll conducted by Dan Jones and Associates, which questioned visitors at Olympic venues, 93 percent said they have a favorable impression of Utah.
And 97 percent said they would rate Salt Lake City's hosting of the Games as excellent or good.
Remember the hand wringing that these would be the "Mormon Games?" Turns out that only 11 percent of out-of-staters polled agreed — compared with 17 percent of Utahns polled.
The report concluded that based on all the pre-Olympic media reports about Utah's staid image, it appears that the out-of-state Olympic-going public enjoyed its stay in Utah, despite the security lines, the relatively limited nightlife and concerns over liquor laws.
