Home > Olympic Sports > Olympic Venues Since 1896: What’s Still in Use

Olympic Venues Since 1896: What’s Still in Use

A look at which Olympic Games venues have stood the test of time

Posted On : By : Matt Traub
Los Angeles 2024
Competitiors in the men's 5,000 meter event at the 1984 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles circle past the Olympic torch during the race on August 11, 1984. Los Angeles in 2028 will join London and Paris as the only three-time hosts of the Olympic Summer Games. (AP Photo, File)

Ninety-two percent of permanent venues used for the Olympic Games in the 21st century, and 85 percent of all permanent Olympic venues since 1896 remain in use, according to the International Olympic Committee.

A recent IOC-commissioned report — “Over 125 years of Olympic venues: post-Games use” — is the first official inventory of the post-Games use of 817 permanent and 106 temporary Olympic venues across 51 Games editions, from 1896 through to the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. The report was compiled through data collection and consultation from venue owners/operators, legacy entities, city/regional governments and National Olympic Committees.

As part of Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC now requires Olympic organizers to make the most of existing and temporary venues, and to build new ones only when there is a proven long-term need. Upcoming editions of Paris 2024 and Milano Cortina 2026 have reduced their planned construction so new venues will account for, respectively, just 5 percent and 7 percent of the venues used.

Here’s a look at what the report entails for each of the Games surveyed, according to the IOC. Note that while the IOC says venues are “in use,” many times those venues or areas are no longer used as sports complexes (and in some cases throughout this list, you’ll find out what they are now).

Summer Olympic Hosts
Athens 1896

VENUES: Seven

IN USE TODAY: Five

DID YOU KNOW: An eighth venue was set up to host the Athens 1896 rowing competition, but this was cancelled due to stormy conditions.

Paris 1900

VENUES: 15

IN USE TODAY: Eight

DID YOU KNOW: No Opening or Closing Ceremonies were held at the Games, which ran for more than five months and were held as part of the 1900 Paris World’s Fair.

St. Louis 1904

VENUES: Six

IN USE TODAY: Five

DID YOU KNOW: Most events were held at Francis Field Stadium, which is the oldest Olympic stadium still in regular use for official sporting events and is also a registered historic landmark. The other venues were Creve Coeur Lake, Glen Echo Country Club, Physical Culture Gymnasium (now a rec center on the campus of Washington University) and for tennis, dirt courts were set up near Francis Field. The one venue not in use is US Life Saving Lake / Life Saving Exhibition Lake for swimming, now the site of a golf course.

London 1908

VENUES: 14

IN USE TODAY: Eight

DID YOU KNOW: The swimming pool at the Olympic Stadium was 100m in length and encased in concrete. The water was untreated and became murky, causing competitors to bump into each other on occasion. It is no longer in use.

Stockholm 1912

VENUES: 16

IN USE TODAY: Eight

DID YOU KNOW: Stockholm Olympic Stadium, site for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies plus several other events but not track and field, now stages sporting events such as the Diamond League and has been the site for the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and AC/DC on tour.

Antwerp 1920

VENUES: 19

IN USE TODAY: 10

DID YOU KNOW: Part of Antwerp Zoo, which opened in 1844, the hall that hosted boxing and wrestling competitions is now home to one of the world’s most advanced animal research centers.

Previously used in the 1924 Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies and known as Stade Olympique de Colombes, the site of a multi-sport venue will be renovated into a new field hockey stadium for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. (Paris 2024 Rendering)

Paris 1924

VENUES: 21

IN USE TODAY: 12

DID YOU KNOW: Stade Olympique de Colombes, a multisport venue in 1924, hosted matches at the 1938 FIFA World Cup, was a major rugby venue until the early 1970s and now known as Stade Yves-du-Manoir, it is being refurbished for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, to host field hockey.

Amsterdam 1928

VENUES: 12

IN USE TODAY: Four

DID YOU KNOW: The Olympic flame burned for the duration of the Games in a cauldron at the top of the Olympic Stadium’s Marathon Tower, which still stands today. It is the same height in feet as the distance of a marathon in miles.

A capacity crowd fills the L.A. Coliseum on July 30, 1932, for the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Games. More than 105,000 were on hand for Vice President Charles Curtis to proclaim the Games open. More than 50 nations participated in the event (AP File Photo)

Los Angeles 1932

VENUES: 13

IN USE TODAY: 12

DID YOU KNOW: The L.A. Memorial Coliseum and Rose Bowl were both sites for the Olympics in 1932 and 1984 and will be used in 2028. The only non-temporary venue that has since been demolished is Sunset Fields Golf Club, which hosted equestrian. The course was sold to developers in 1949 and a large residential development was built.

The aquatic stadium is filled at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin for the 4×200 meter relay final, won by the Japanese team in an Olympic record time on August 11. The venue is still in use with its original pool and diving pool with a reduced capacity which hosted the 1978 world swimming championships. (AP File Photo)

Berlin 1936

VENUES: 20

IN USE TODAY: 15

DID YOU KNOW: Deutschlandhalle, site for boxing, wrestling and weightlifting, was extensively damaged during an Allied air raid in 1943. Rebuilt after the war, it became a multipurpose sports arena before it was finally demolished in 2011, and a conference center was built on the site.

Britain’s Olympic Team, center left, begins its procession around the track at Wembley Stadium during the Opening Ceremony on July 28, 1948, the first post-World War II Games. Built in 1925, it was one of the most famous soccer stadiums in the world, hosting the 1966 World Cup final, as well as two UEFA European Championship finals. The original venue was demolished in 2003 and rebuilt, hosting men’s and women’s soccer at the 2012 Summer Games. (AP File Photo)

London 1948

VENUES: 29

IN USE TODAY: 19

DID YOU KNOW: No Olympic Village was built, out of a desire to keep costs low in a country still recovering from World War II. Empire Pool hosted its last swimming events in 1948 and became a music and sporting venue that staged badminton and rhythmic gymnastics competitions in 2012.

The German team marches at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland, on July 19, 1952. It was the first post-World War II Games that the German delegation was welcome to participate. The Olympic Stadium was built in 1938 for the 1940 Summer Games, which was cancelled because of World War II. The stadium still hosts a variety of events and is scheduled to host the 2022 UEFA Super Cup soccer match in the fall. (AP File Photo)

Helsinki 1952

VENUES: 19

IN USE TODAY: 15

DID YOU KNOW: One of the first examples along with Los Angeles in 1932 of keeping all its venues operational up to modern times. The Olympic Village is still in use. It was the city’s second, since a first one had been built for the 1940 Games, which were cancelled after the outbreak of World War II.

Teams assemble in Melbourne Stadium for the 1956 Opening Ceremonies in Melbourne, Australia, on November 22. The stadium opened in 1853 and was used solely for cricket and Australian football for many years. In preparation for 1956, a temporary athletics track was installed and a new stand built. The athletics track was removed as soon as the Games were over and cricket is still played at the venue. (AP File Photo)

Melbourne/Stockholm 1956

VENUES: 16

IN USE TODAY: 13

DID YOU KNOW: The first co-hosted Games! Stockholm hosted the equestrian competition due to Australian quarantine regulations at the time. Melbourne’s main stadium was Melbourne Cricket Ground, one of the iconic venues in the sport and also used still for Australian rules football.

Rome 1960

VENUES: 26

IN USE TODAY: 21

DID YOU KNOW: Construction of Olympic stadium was interrupted by World War II. It has has been the home stadium of Serie A clubs Roma and Lazio since it opened and hosted matches in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, World Athletics Championships and more.

Nippon Budokan is a legacy venue from the 1964 Olympic Summer Games that was also used for the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. It hosted judo and karate in 2020 as it did in 1964. The venue was built on the grounds of an ancient Edo castle. (AP File Photo)

Tokyo 1964

VENUES: 30

IN USE TODAY: 24

DID YOU KNOW: Five venues were used again at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Nippon Budokan Hall, Enoshima Yacht Harbour, Baji Koen Equestrian Park and Asaka Shooting Range.

Athletes gather in the University City Olympic Stadium for the Opening Ceremony on October 12, 1968, for the Summer Games in Mexico City. The 72,000-capacity venue opened in 1952 and was used for the 1955 Pan-American Games, 1986 FIFA World Cup and the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games and remains active as a soccer stadium. (AP File Photo)

Mexico City 1968

VENUES: 23

IN USE TODAY: 21

DID YOU KNOW: Olympic Stadium also hosted four matches at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and hosted the 1975 Pan-American Games and the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games. Now known as the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, it is the home ground of Liga MX’s Pumas UNAM.

Munich 1972

VENUES: 32

IN USE TODAY: 22

DID YOU KNOW: A Munich landmark, Olympic Stadium was the venue for the finals of the 1974 FIFA World Cup and the 1988 UEFA European Championships. It also staged the country’s 2012 Special Olympics and is a major athletics venue, having hosted the 2002 European Championships.

Montreal’s Olympic Stadium is full of athletes and fans for the 1976 Opening Ceremony on July 17, 1976. The stadium ended up costing $1.2 billion, about 10 times the original estimate, and took 30 years for the province and city to pay off the bill. (AP File Photo)

Montreal 1976

VENUES: 24

IN USE TODAY: 21

DID YOU KNOW: The Olympic Stadium, later home to the Montreal Expos, is one of the most controversial venues of its kind due to a three-year construction process in which inflation, material costs, technical challenges and strikes pushed costs sky high. By the time it was paid off, the total cost was more than $1 billion. It is still in use for cultural and commercial events, and previously hosted the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Spiraling human pryamids occupy Lenin Stadium on July 19, 1980, for the Opening Ceremony of the Moscow Games that were the first to have a widespread boycott. The stadium has since hosted the 1998 World Youth Games, the 2008 UEFA Champions League final, the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships and the final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. (AP File Photo)

Moscow 1980

VENUES: 27

IN USE TODAY: 21

DID YOU KNOW: The venue for the Olympic artistic gymnastics and judo events and part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, the Palace of Sports was constructed in 1956 and has hosted four Ice Hockey World Championships. It also staged the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships.

Rafer Johnson lights the Olympic flame at the 1984 Opening Ceremony on July 28, 1984, at the LA Coliseum for its second hosting of an Olympic Games in the venue’s history. (AP File Photo)

Los Angeles 1984

VENUES: 26

IN USE TODAY: 21

DID YOU KNOW: Weingart Stadium, used for field hockey in 1984 and now used by the East Los Angeles College football team, was a location in the 1994 film Forrest Gump. It stood in for the University of Alabama’s Football Stadium in a scene in which Gump, played by Tom Hanks, runs from one end of the pitch to the other to score a touchdown.

Flags frame the Olympic Stadium during the 1988 Summer Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, on September 17. The sports complex is currently being redeveloped and should be completed by 2025 with its capacity reduced to 50,000.(AP File Photo)

Seoul 1988

VENUES: 30

IN USE TODAY: 25

DID YOU KNOW: Seoul Olympic Park’s six Olympic venues are the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium, Olympic Gymnastics Hall, Olympic Indoor Swimming Pool, Olympic Weightlifting Stadium, Olympic Velodrome and Olympic Tennis Courts. It also now as a Sculpture Garden spotlighting artists from 66 countries.

The Piscines Bernat Picornell aquatic venue in Barcelona, Spain, was used during the 1992 Olympic Summer Games, and also hosted the 2013 FINA World Championships. (Photo courtesy of Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images)

Barcelona 1992

VENUES: 38

IN USE TODAY: 32

DID YOU KNOW: The Estació del Nord, an abandoned railway station, was refurbished to host the table tennis competitions. The venue now features a public sports hall with fitness rooms, a heated swimming pool and gym.

A diver stands on a diving board during practice in 2016 at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center, home of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games swimming, diving and synchronized swimming events in Atlanta. Temporary seating was used during the Olympics, providing a 14,600-seat main pool for swimming, diving and synchronized swimming. There also was a 4,000-seat temporary pool for water polo. After the games, Georgia Tech enclosed the facility and reduced capacity to under 2,000. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Atlanta 1996

VENUES: 28

IN USE TODAY: 22

DID YOU KNOW: Ten venues outside of Atlanta were utilized for various competitions. The Georgia Dome, used for basketball, artistic gymnastics and handball, was split into different zones to accommodate each competition. It hosted the Super Bowl in 1994 and 2000, and three NCAA Men’s Final Fours before it was demolished.

The men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2000 Summer Olympics goes through the water pit at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. The design allowed for a reconfiguration of the stadium after the Games with a reduced capacity and rainwater-collection system. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

Sydney 2000

VENUES: 30

IN USE TODAY: 26

DID YOU KNOW: Olympic Stadium is currently home to three rugby league teams (New South Wales Blues, Canterbury Bulldogs and South Sydney Rabbitohs), a rugby union team (New South Wales Waratahs) and the national teams for soccer and rugby.

Athens 2004

VENUES: 33

IN USE TODAY: 23

DID YOU KNOW: Even the IOC’s report admits “planning and management issues have prevented some of the venues from being used since the Games.” Of the venues still in use, Olympic Stadium was downsized from 72,000 to 69,600 and its main tenant, AEK Athens, typically draws under 15,000 per game.

Athletes warm up before competition in the World Wheelchair Curling Championship, a test event for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Beijing National Aquatics Center, known as the Water Cube when used in the 2008 Summer Games. (AP File Photo)

Beijing 2008

VENUES: 39

IN USE TODAY: 30

DID YOU KNOW: At the time of its construction, the Bird’s Nest was the world’s largest steel structure. With a capacity of 91,000, it was the largest venue used at Beijing 2008, though the capacity has since been reduced to 80,000.

At the 2012 Summer Games in London, the beach volleyball tournament was held at a temporary venue at Horse Guards Parade in central London. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz/SportsTravel)

London 2012

VENUES: 30

IN USE TODAY: 20

DID YOU KNOW: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club hosted tennis since 1908 at its old location. In 1921, it moved to its current location. Centre Court and No. 1 Court are used only for the Grand Slam tournament, and the other courts are open to the club’s members. Temporary stands accommodating 6,500 spectators were set up on the outfield at Lord’s Cricket Ground for archery and dismantled immediately after the Games at the venue which first hosted events in 1814.

Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio was held in the third pavilion of Riocentro, the largest convention center in Latin America. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz/SportsTravel)

Rio 2106

VENUES: 34

IN USE TODAY: 27

DID YOU KNOW: Designed to be the biggest football stadium in the world, the Maracanã was built for the 1950 FIFA World Cup and refurbished in 2000, 2006 and 2013 with a capacity of just under 79,000. It was closed for a year after the Games due to governance issues, and now is used by soccer clubs Flamengo and Fluminense.

Winter Olympic Hosts
Chamonix 1924

VENUES: Three

IN USE TODAY: Two

DID YOU KNOW: Stade Olympique de Chamonix / Stade de Glace hosted cross-country skiing, curling, ice hockey, military patrol, figure skating, speed skating and hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Its current facilities include two speed skating rinks, a swimming pool, a squash court, a climbing wall, a gym, an ice rink and a track. The one venue not in use, Tremplin Olympique du Mont, hosted ski jumping until 2001.

St. Moritz 1928

VENUES: Five

IN USE TODAY: Three

DID YOU KNOW: The Olympic Stadium is now a private house that was refurbished with the former ice rink in front of the building now used as a driving range by a local golf club. The Olympia Bob Run has hosted 23 IBSF World Championships and will stage competition again in 2023.

The Lake Placid bobsled track used in 1932 has undergone repeated renovations and will be used to host an International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation race this winter after a two-year absence on the calendar due to COVID. (AP File Photo)

Lake Placid 1932

VENUES: Six

IN USE TODAY: Six

DID YOU KNOW: The 1932 Jack Shea Arena is the oldest of all Olympic indoor ice rinks and is now named after a U.S. speed skater who won two Olympic golds at Lake Placid 1932. The four venues used both in 1932 and 1980 will also stage events when the destination hosts the 2023 Winter World University Games.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936

VENUES: Six

IN USE TODAY: Four

DID YOU KNOW: Home for ice hockey, Olympia Kunsteisstadion was open-air in 1936 with an ammonia-cooling system used to create artificial ice. It was fitted with a roof in 1964 and hosted a Germany national team match at the inaugural World Cup of Hockey in 1996, twice staged the Men’s Curling World Championships and also hosted a Davis Cup tie in 2009.

Americans Tuffield Latour and Leo Martin maneuver their bobsled in St. Moritz during the 1948 Winter Olympics. First constructed in 1903, the Olympia Bob Run is one of the oldest bobsled tracks in the world and is rebuilt with natural ice and snow every winter. (AP File Photo)

St. Moritz 1948

VENUES: Eight

IN USE TODAY: Six

DID YOU KNOW: Kulm Palace Hotel Skating Rink hosted ice hockey and is now used by the Saint Moritz Skating Club on the grounds of Kulm Country Club, host for the opening ceremony and the medal ceremonies at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

Hjalmar Andersen of Norway raises his hands to acknowledge cheers at Bislett Stadium as he ends the 10,000-meter speed skating race in record time at the 1952 Winter Olympics at Oslo, Norway. Constructed in 1922, the stadium was repurposed after the Games and rebuilt in 2004, in the same architectural style and in the location as its predecessor. It has hosted the prestigious Bislett Games track and field event every year since 1965. (AP File Photo)

Oslo 1952

VENUES: 11

IN USE TODAY: 10

DID YOU KNOW: The Holmenkollen Cross-Country Races Centre still hosts cross-country skiing, biathlon and ski jumping, it is also part of the Holmenkollbakken National Ski Arena and was completely rebuilt for the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships to host cross-country skiing, Nordic combined and biathlon.

Eugenio Monti of Italy competes in the 1956 Winter Olympic Games on a track first built in 1923. The venue, later renamed in honor of Monti following his death in 2003, closed in 2008 but will be rebuilt for the 2026 Winter Games. (AP File Photo)

Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956

VENUES: Eight

IN USE TODAY: Four

DID YOU KNOW: The bobsled venue, built with snow and ice in 1906, hosted nine world championships between 1937 and 1989, closed in 2008 due to financial difficulties and will be rebuilt to host sliding events at the 2026 Games.

The host for the 1960 Winter Games, the resort that was the home base for skiing and most of the Games’ events is now known as Palisades Tahoe after a rebranding done in late 2021. (AP File Photo)

Squaw Valley 1960

VENUES: Six

IN USE TODAY: Three

DID YOU KNOW: The first Olympic Village for a Winter Games, it accommodated 1,200 athletes, officials and journalists. After the Games it was used as a hotel. Its apartments were converted into timeshare condominiums and now comprises 90 rooms for resort visitors.

Terry McDermott skates in the 500-meter speedskating event on his way to first place and the first U.S. Olympic gold medal at the 1964 Winter Olympic Games at Innsbruck, Austria. The Olympia Eisschnellaufbahn was also used in 1976 and now is a training center in the winter and in the summer, it is an inline hockey venue and also stages concerts. (AP File Photo)

Innsbruck 1964

VENUES: Nine

IN USE TODAY: Nine

DID YOU KNOW: All nine venues were used again in 1976, with six of them hosting Olympic events for a third time at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games: Bergisel Ski Jump; the Olympiaworld Olympic Ice Track, Outdoor Ice Rink and Olympia Hall; and “Olympiaregion” Seefeld and Patscherkofel.

American gold medal winner Peggy Fleming performs in the women’s compulsory figures in Grenoble, France, on February 8, 1968, at the Stade de Glace. The arena is now known as Palais des Sports – Pierre Mendès France and is a multi-sport and entertainment indoor facility. (AP File Photo)

Grenoble 1968

VENUES: Nine

IN USE TODAY: Seven

DID YOU KNOW: The Grenoble 1968 Olympic cauldron still stands in the Parc Paul Mistral today. The bobsled venue was dismantled in the 1990s. All that remains is the starting house and finish-line house, which have been converted into a restaurant and an equestrian center, respectively.

Sapporo 1972

VENUES: 13

IN USE TODAY: 9

DID YOU KNOW: The Makomanai Speed Skating lower stands of this 17,324-seat venue sit below ground level. The stadium has been in constant use since the Games for skating in winter and for athletics, tennis and futsal during the summer.

A ski jumper takes off at Bergiselschanze in Innsbruck, Austria, during the 1976 Winter Games. Opened in 1927, it is a year-round training venue and hosts ski jumping, snowboarding and freestyle skiing events. Parts of the site have a cultural heritage status. (AP Photo/HG)

Innbruck 1976

VENUES: Nine

IN USE TODAY: Nine

DID YOU KNOW: Patscherkofel was the venue for the men’s downhill when ski legend Franz Klammer of Austria, then age 22, won his Olympic gold medal in legendary fashion. The resort can be reached from Innsbruck by cable car and is a popular weekend retreat for the city’s inhabitants.

The 1980 Arena in Lake Placid, New York, remains in use for hockey and figure skating events. The venue is best known for hosting the 1980 ‘Miracle on Ice’ when the U.S. men’s ice hockey team beat the Soviet Union on its way to a gold medal. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Lake Placid 1980

VENUES: Seven

IN USE TODAY: Seven

DID YOU KNOW: The Field House International Ice Rink was the setting for the “Miracle on Ice.” To mark its 25th anniversary in 2005, the venue was renamed the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena in honor of the USA’s coach that day. The arena staged the entire National Women’s Hockey League season in early 2021.

Sarajevo 1984

VENUES: Eight

IN USE TODAY: Six

DID YOU KNOW: The Olympic venues suffered damage to varying degrees during the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995. Most have been restored to their original use and modernized since then. In 2019, Sarajevo and East Sarajevo hosted the 14th Winter European Youth Olympic Festival.

Wild West riders, stage coaches and inflated balloons highlight the 1988 Opening Ceremony to open the Winter Games at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, now the home stadium of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. (AP Photo)

Calgary 1988

VENUES: 10

IN USE TODAY: Eight

DID YOU KNOW: At the last three Olympic Winter Games tracked in the report (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018), some 61 of Canada’s 80 medals were won by athletes who had trained or competed at Calgary’s snow and ice sports venues, including those used for the 1988 Olympic Winter Games.

Albertville 1992

VENUES: 10

IN USE TODAY: 10

DID YOU KNOW: La Plagne bobsled and luge track hosts international competitions nearly every year, including a round of the 2020 IBSF Bobsled World Cup. The venue is open to the general public for beginners’ bobsled and luge activities.

Stein Gruben soars over the crowd as he carries the Olympic Torch during the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Games Opening Ceremony at Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena in Lillehammer, Norway. The venue was refurbished in 2007, when plastic matting was installed to enable year-round training and jumping. (AP File Photo)

Lillehammer 1994

VENUES: 10

IN USE TODAY: 10

DID YOU KNOW: Hamar Olympic Hall is Norway’s national arena for speed skating. It hosted the ISU Speed Skating World Cup as recently as 2019. Known as “the Viking Ship,” it also hosts soccer, cycling, athletics, curling, motorsports and equestrian sports.

Nagano 1998

VENUES: 14

IN USE TODAY: 11

DID YOU KNOW: A common feature of the venues was their unique designs. The Big Hat is so called because of its shape, the lines of the Aqua Wing resemble a bird’s wing and the White Ring evokes a droplet of water. Minami Nagano Sports Park is modeled on Japan’s national flower, the cherry blossom.

The U.S. Olympic team marches into Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City on February 8, 2002. The stadium is home to University of Utah football and many summer sports events. (AP File Photo)

Salt Lake City 2002

VENUES: 10

IN USE TODAY: 10

DID YOU KNOW: The Utah Olympic Oval has staged many major speed skating and short track speed skating events, including two ISU World Sprint Championships and two World Cup finals, and is the U.S. speedskating team’s training base.

The Oval Lingotto Palasport – the venue for speedskating and short track events at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy — is a sports, business and cultural venue that stages trade shows, exhibitions, congresses, conventions and corporate events. (AP File Photo)

Torino 2006

VENUES: 13

IN USE TODAY: 10

DID YOU KNOW: The Torino Esposizioni was built in 1948 as a trade show and exhibition venue and converted into a temporary ice rink. Used thereafter temporarily as an extension of the Turin Modern Art Gallery and Turin’s National Automobile Museum, it was commandeered as a makeshift medical facility during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vancouver 2010

VENUES: Nine

IN USE TODAY: Nine

DID YOU KNOW: The Olympic aerials competition venue still exists, at the foot of the Cypress Mountain ski area. Next to it is the moguls run, which is now known as Alexandre Bilodeau’s Gold, after the Canadian freestyle skier who won the event in 2010.

Sochi 2014

VENUES: 10

IN USE TODAY: 10

DID YOU KNOW: The Ice Cube Curling Center is still a curling venue today and a training base for Russia’s curling teams. It staged the 2015 World Senior Curling Championships and has hosted several national and regional competitions.

The site of women’s hockey at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeonchang, South Korea, has since been used as the venue for the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championships and and the Legacy Cup, which is held yearly to mark the anniversary of the Games. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz/SportsTravel)

Pyeongchang 2018

VENUES: 12

IN USE TODAY: 11

DID YOU KNOW: Eight are still used for winter sports, and the remaining four for other sports. Most of the venues will host events again at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024.

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Don’t miss out on our featured stories of the week. Subscribe to the weekly SportsTravel newsletter to keep up with the latest news in the sports-event industry. To subscribe, click here.

Sports Travel Magazine

About Us

Since 1997, SportsTravel magazine has served the sports‐related travel and event industry. It is the only publication written and designed to serve the people who organize, manage and host sporting events of all types at all levels.

NORTHSTAR TRAVEL MEDIA SITES

INDUSTRY PARTNERS

Sports ETA

Destinations International