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Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics



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During the Olympic Winter Games, February 8-24, 2002, athletes and spectators from all over the world will join Utahns in the celebration of the Olympic Spirit. Most of the venues for the 2002 Games are already completed. Utahns and visitors, alike, are skiing the race courses, skating on the Olympic ice rinks, and watching America's freestyle skiers and ski jumpers train year-round on the very site where they'll compete in 2002. All of the competition locations for Utah's Olympic Winter Games are within an hour of downtown Salt Lake City. Many of these venues have well-established reputations as winter and warm weather destinations in distinctive mountain settings.

Biathlon and Cross-Country Events. The site for the Cross-Country and Biathlon venues will be the Olympic Biathlon and Cross-Country Area at Soldier Hollow located in Wasatch Mountain State Park near Heber City. Wasatch Mountain State Park is owned by the state of Utah and administered by the Division of Parks and Recreation of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Soldier Hollow will be the busiest venue during the Olympic Winter Games as the scene for 16 events, including 6 for biathlon, 10 for cross-country skiing and 2 for the skiing portions of Nordic combined. Competition will be held on 16 days and will require 11 different race formats and course configurations.

Bobsleigh, Luge, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Ski Jump Events. Bobsleigh and Luge activities will occur at the Olympic Bobsled and Luge Track located at the Utah Winter Sports Park, 24 miles east of Salt Lake City and four miles north of Park City. The 1,335-meter bobsled/luge track with five start areas is one of only 12 competition-certified refrigeration tracks in the world, and only the second one in the United States.

Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined activities will occur at the Olympic Ski Jump Hill also located at the Utah Winter Sports Park. Opened in 1992, this world-class training facility received an environmental award from the International Olympic Committee for excellence in environmental planning and design. The site has K90, K65, K38, and K18 jumping hills. Construction of a K120 hill will be completed by November 2000.

A splash pool allows summer training for freestyle skiers, while ski jumpers train on K90 and K38 slopes constructed of plastic.

The park can accommodate at least 20,000 spectators for jumping competitions and 14,000 for Bobsleigh and Luge events.

Curling. Curling events will be held at the Olympic Curling Arena at Ogden at Weber State University, 35 minutes north of Salt Lake City. Currently used as a community recreational facility, the arena will accommodate 2,000 spectators.

Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating. Figure Skating events will be staged a the Olympic Skating Arena in downtown Salt Lake City (the Delta Center). An estimated 13,000 seats for spectators and the Olympic Family will be available for ice events. Figure Skating has four events and short track speed skating is comprised of six events.

Ice Hockey. The men's and women's Olympic ice hocky tournaments will be played at the Olympic Ice Hockey Arena in West Valley City, less than 10 miles west of Salt Lake City, and the Olympic Ice Hockey Arena in Provo, 45 miles south of Salt Lake City.

The Olympic Ice Hockey Arena in West Valley City, also known as the 'E' Center, is the home of the Utah Grizzlies, a professional hockey team playing in the International Hockey League. The 'E' Center has seating for 10,000. The Olympic Ice Hockey Arena in Provo is currently under construction. It has a planned capacity of 8,500 spectators.

Downhill, Super G, Slalom, Giant Slalom, Freestyle and Snowboarding. Giant Slalom and Snowboard competitions will take place at the Olympic Alpine and Snowboard Area at Park City. The Park City Mountain Resort will stage alpine's giant slalom on C.B.'s run, the giant slalom for snowboarding on Clementine Run, and the half-pipe competition for snowboarding on Commitment Run.

Slalom and Freestyle will be at the Olympic Alpine and Freestyle Area at Deer Valley. Deer Valley Resort will stage the combined slalom on Big Stick, moguls on a ski run called Know You Don't, and aerial events on the Solid Muldoon run.

The Downhill, Combined Downhill and Super G will be held at the Olympic Alpine Area near Ogden. The downhill course was designed by Olympic gold medalist Bernard Russi. The course for the moguls and competition has already been cleared, measuring 700 feet long and 130 feet wide.

Speed Skating. Speed Skating races will be held at the Olympic Speed Skating Oval in Kearns, 14 miles southwest of downtown Salt Lake City. In the center of the oval are international-sized ice hockey sheets. It will accommodate 6,000 spectators. Built as an open-air facility, the oval will be permanently enclosed by November of 2000.

Olympic Mascots, Merchandise and Collectibles. The first limited edition 2002 Olympic Winter Games pins were released in Salt Lake City on April 18, 1997. Since then, new limited edition pins are available monthly at Utah retailers. Merchandise related to the three mascots of the Salt Lake City Games, Bear, Coyote, and Hare will be available as of Christmas 1999. There are an increasing number of creative Olympic Games souvenirs and clothing becoming available throughout the state.

Olympic Kids. Special programs, games and promotions for children can be accessed on the Internet. These include ongoing information updates, coloring pages, Olympics-related stories, and more. Click Here!

Tickets. Tickets to Olympic competitions, ceremonies, and exhibitions are expected to be available in autumn, 2000.

(Visit the Official 2002 Olympic Site)

For more information, contact:

Salt Lake Organizing Committee
for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002
257 East 200 South, 6th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: 801-212-2002
Fax: 801-364-7644
Web Site: www.saltlake2002.org

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