Tour the sites of the Title 2002 Olympic Games

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Salt Lake Ciy is proud to host the XIX Winter Olympics to be held February 8-24, 2002, with the Paralympic Games to follow March 7-16. In the meantime, they have built facilities so that almost every necessary ski jump and downhill course is already in place, and visitors can have access to the same sites the athletes will use in 2002! Most of the ceremonies will be held in downtown Salt Lake City, and 5 indoor (city) facilities and 5 outdoor (mountain) facilities will host the competitions. The Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating will be conducted at the Olympic Skating Arena, just 10 minutes from the Olympic Village. The Ice Hockey will be at the "E" Center; 10 miles west, and at The Ice Sheet at Provo, 55 minutes away. The Long Speed Skating events will be at the Oquirrh Park Oval at Kearns, about 25 minutes away.

Looking Ahead.... But Why Wait?

The bobsled and luge runs are available to the public 

The Utah Winter Sports Park on the hillside above Park City will be the site of Bobsled, Luge, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined events. The ski jumping facility is the only such public facility in North America; within two hours of the first lesson intermediate skiers can be soaring off the 18 meter jump. A day pass is $10 and a 2-hour lesson is only $20! The bobsled and luge runs are available to the public with certified instructors for minimal fees as well.

The Giant Slalom and Snowboarding events will be held at Park City Mountain Resort; the Slalom and Freestyle events at Deer Valley Resort; and the Downhill and Super G events at Snowbasin. Ten Cross-Country events, 6 Biathlon events, and portions of the Nordic Combined will be at Soldier Hollow, 43 miles from Olympic Village.

Nordic Combined will be at Soldier Hollow, 43 miles from Olympic Village

Tickets will actually go on sale in the fall of 2000

How can you or your ski club get tickets? First, you wait until the International Olympic Committee finalizes a comprehensive ticket program with policies, procedures and prices in December 1999. Tickets will actually go on sale in the fall of 2000, and information on which ticket agencies have been approved as sellers will be published in advance. Watch the Olympic Committee web site at www.slc2002.org  for details.

But you don't need to wait until the Olympics to enjoy skiing the Salt Lake City areas and these exciting additions!! Salt Lake City is one of the easiest places to reach from the Pacific Northwest, and extremely inexpensive airfares can be found! You can either stay in the City, with a choice of hundreds of lodging facilities, restaurants, etc., and transportation to 10 ski areas by either public bus or rental car; or stay "on the mountain" in lodging ranging from the upper end of luxurious to "moderate." Contact the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau at (800) 541-4955 for comprehensive planning brochures for your projected trip; or visit their website at www.visitsaltlake.com.

Salt Lake City is one of the easiest places to reach