Special Olympics
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Special Olympics Tennessee will submit a bid to host the national games in Nashville in 2030, a spokesperson for the organization confirmed to the Nashville Post. 

If chosen, Music City would host an estimated 4,500 athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities from around the country and require 10,000 volunteers for the week-long event presented every four years. The Special Olympics USA Games were held at Disney World in Orlando in 2022, during which it hosted more than 5,500 athletes representing all 50 states, as well as 125,000 spectators, according to the event website. The University of Minnesota is set to host the 2026 games. 

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