Utah Olympic Park - Modern Olympic Venues on Waymarking.com

Home of the 2002 Winter Olympics. The facility is used as a state of the art training center for ski jumping. It is fun to watch them train in the summer when they jump and land in a swimming pool.

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PARK FACTS
Location: Cradled by the Wasatch Range, the Utah Olympic Park is located in Park City, Utah, only 28 miles from downtown Salt Lake City.
Acreage: 389 acres
Altitude: 7,338 feet
Average Annual Snowfall: 300 inches
Hours of Operation: Open daily, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

UOP Timeline
Jan. 1993 Jumps opened
July 1993 Freestyle “splash pool” opened
Jan. 1997
Bobsled/luge track opened
Feb. 2002 XIX Olympic Winter Games
July 2002 Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center opened
Aug. 2004 Ziplines opened
September 2005 Quicksliver opened

UOP Facility Costs
Bobsled/luge track $33 million
Day lodge and pool $2.5 million
Ski jumps $21 million
UOP infrastructure $6 million
Ziplines $850,000

More Facts:

Bobsled/Luge/Skeleton Track
Nordic Jump Hills
Freestyle Aerial Hill/Summer Splash Pool
2002 Medals at UOP

Olympic Games: Salt Lake City Winter 2002 Sport held at venue: Skiing (Winter) - Ski Jumping Sport held at venue No 2: Bobsleigh (Winter) Additional sport(s) held at venue: Luge (Winter) Start and/or Finish: Not Aplicable Web Address with Additional Details: [Web Link] Reference Supporting Olympic Use: Website Current Use: State of the Art Training Center / Entertainment Parking Area: N 40° 43.287 W 111° 32.830 Olympic Games No 2: Not listed Olympic Games No 3: Not listed Details of Reference Supporting Olympic Use: Not listed

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