ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER WOULD NOT
SAY WITH CERTAINTY IF THE ARNOLD
WILL BE BACK IN COLUMBUS.
COLLEEN:
SCHWARZENEGGER IS IN TOWN FOR
THIS YEAR'S
ARNOLD SPORTS FESTIVAL. HE SPOKE
WITH NBC4'S DAN PEARLMAN WHO
JOINS LIVE FROM CONVENTION
CENTER
WITH WHAT THE GOVERNOR TOLD HIM.
DAN:
THE ARNOLD HAS BEEN HERE FOR
MORE THAN 30 YEARS IT'S NO
SECRET SCHWARZENEGGER
LOVES THE CITY AND LOVES THE
STATE. HE TOLD ME THAT.
BUT HE DID NOT MAKE A COMMITMENT
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS FESTIVAL'S
FUTURE IN COLUMBUS.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER WALKED
THE CONVENTION CENTER SNAPPING
PHOTOS...
"I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THE POWER LIFTERS ARE
HERE."
...AND MEETING THE ATHLETES...
"THE WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN ARE
HERE."
...HIS VISIT COMING ON THE
HEELS OF A WEEK IN
WHICH THE ARNOLD'S EXPO WAS SHUT
DOWN
AND THE STATE BARRED SPECTATORS
FROM MOST EVENTS DUE TO
GROWING CONCERNS
SURROUNDING THE CORONAVIRUS...
"IT IS WHAT IT IS. YOU KNOW WHEN
THERE IS A DISASTER LIKE THIS
ONE THERE IS A PROBLEM LIKE THAT
AND DANGER TO PEOPLES
HEALTH, I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT EVEN IF IT'S
SOMETHING TO MAKE THE RIGHT
DECISION WE HAVE TO MAKE A
DECISION. SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER
TO MAKE A DECISION THAN TO MAKE
NO DECISION AT ALL." SPEAKING OF
DECISIONS MY CONVERSATION
WITH SCHWARZENEGGER TURNED TO
FUTURE OF
THIS EVENT THE ARNOLD SPORTS
FESTIVAL
IN COLUMBUS.
HE WAS ASKED ABOUT NEXT YEAR...
"WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT NEXT
YEAR AT ALL."
...THAT'S WHEN I PRESSED HIM
FURTHER BECAUSE OF WHAT'S
UNFOLDED THIS WEEK. "ARE YOU
COMMITTED TO COLUMBUS IN THE
FUTURE? WE LOVE
COLUMBUS. WE WILL JUST SEE HOW
WE MOVE FORWARD, WHAT IMPACT IT
HAD AND ALL THAT STUFF OK."
I REACHED OUT TO MAYOR GINTHER'S
OFFICE ON THIS A SPOKESPERSON
WRITING ME - "THE
ARNOLD HAS BEEN A VALUED AND
TREASURED
EVENT IN COLUMBUS FOR DECADES
WITH AN
ENORMOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT. WE
HOPE TO HOST THE ARNOLD FOR MANY
YEARS TO COME." GOVERNOR DEWINE
STATING IN PART "I LOOK
FORWARD TO THE EVENT RETURNING
TO COLUMBUS NEXT YEAR BIGGER AND
BETTER THAN EVER." THIS AS THE
SCHWARZENEGGER ALSO COMMENTS ON
THE VIRUS THAT CHANGED THIS
FESTIVAL.
"I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE TO GO
AND DO THINGS IN ORDER TO NOT
MAKE THIS STUPID VIRUS SPREAD
ALL OVER THE WORLD LIKE IT
DOES."
DAN:
...WHILE SPECTATORS HAVE BEEN
KEPT OUT OF
MOST EVENTS BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS
THEY WILL BE ALLOWED AT SEVERAL
FINALS. THOSE AS WE'VE
REPORTED BEGIN TONIGHT.
DP.
DARLENE:
DAN'S ENTIRE INTERVIEW WITH
ARNOLD
SCHWARZENEGGER -- IS ONLINE
RIGHT NOW -- AT
NBC4I-DOT-COM.
DARLENE:
BREAKING RIGHT NOW..
CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS CANCELLING
THE BIGGEST
MUSIC AND FILM FESTIVAL IN THE
WORLD -
