Olympic Champion Ted Ligety and U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell in Celebration of 100 Days to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

ADVISORY, Oct. 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Olympic champion in alpine skiing Ted Ligety and other hopefuls for the 2014 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic team will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.

In honor of the 100 day countdown to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, Ted Ligety and Scott Blackmun, USOC CEO, will ring the Closing Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite — 4 Times Square — 43^rd & Broadway — Broadcast Studio

When:

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 — 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET 

Contact:
Jamie Blanchard
(719) 237-2179
Jamie. Blanchard@usoc.org

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Christine Barna
(646) 441-5310
Christine.Barna@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:
Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463

Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West
18 mhz Lower
DL 3811 Vertical
FEC 3/4
SR 13.235
DR 18.295411
MOD 4:2:0
DVBS QPSK

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx.

Photos:

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