Location: 3000 Bear Hollow Drive, Park City, Utah
Events: ski jumping - 120m individual and team, 90m individual; nordic combined - jumping portion of 90m individual, 90m team, and 120m individual; bobsleigh - men's two-man and four-man, and women's; skeleton - men's and women's single; luge - men's and women's single and doubles; Complete schedule
 
Tom Smart, Deseret News |
Name game: Previously named the Utah Winter Sports Park.
Previous Olympic-type events: 2001 World Cup nordic combined event; 2001 World Cup ski jumping event.
Briefly: The K90 and K120 jump hills have already hosted several international competitions, including recent ski jumping and nordic combined World Cup events.
A spectator stand will hold 11,000 people—nearly half of all expected Olympic jumping spectators. Also, the venue features additional stairs for officials, workers and trainers, and a tower for judges. The jumps have been given high marks from both national and international competitors and coaches.
Olympic medalist Masahiko Harada called the hill "fantastic." Austrian jumper Stefan Horngacher, who joined his team on the podium during Utah's recent World< Cup event added: "It's a good hill, very well prepared."
"They're the best facilities in the world," said U.S. Nordic combined coach Tom Steitz, speaking of the jumps at Utah Olympic Park and Soldier Hollow's cross country course.
The only concern may be spectator accessibility to the hills. During World Cup events, jump fans had to park well below Utah Olympic Park, then walk or catch a shuttle to the venue.
The bobsled/luge/skeleton track has been operational for several years. The track has played host to numerous national championships and the lower-level America's Cup competition.
Utah Olympic Park boasts a very fast track, with well-rounded curves and a relatively forgiving—compared to European courses—combination of dips, drops and curves. Speeds will be high, times will be fast and error-free sliding will be critical on this track, compared to courses that require more technical maneuvers.
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