The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this title, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:
1. The term "olympic facility" shall mean any publicly owned, administered or supervised facility located in the olympic region and suitable for use in connection with athletic training, housing or competition, or with recreational or physical educational activities. The fact that any such facility is also suitable for other uses in addition to those specified shall not exclude such facility from the scope of this definition.2. The term "authority" shall mean the New York state olympic regional development authority as created by section twenty-six hundred eight of this title.3. The term "events" shall mean any organized athletic competition, organized athletic training, recreational activity, educational activity, entertainment activity or other activity suitable to be conducted in any olympic facility.4. The term "park district" shall mean the town of North Elba, public parks and playgrounds district, a special district created by chapter four hundred seventy-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-eight.5. The term "olympic region" shall mean the county of Essex, state of New York.6. The term "participating olympic facility" shall mean any olympic facility subject to an agreement entered into by the authority pursuant to section twenty-six hundred twelve or twenty-six hundred fourteen of this title.7. The term "state" shall mean the state of New York.N.Y. Pub. Auth. Law § 2607