The Olympic Center is a sports complex in Lake Placid, New York that acted as the

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for both the 1932 and the 1980

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.1932 Winter Olympics official report.
pp. 141-4. Accessed 12 October 2010.1980 Winter Olympics official report.
Volume 1. pp. 36-9. Accessed 16 November 2010. The venues inside this area is the main complex of the 2023 Winter World University Games.

Venues

Current

*Conference Center at Lake Placid – With 90,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, this convention center was opened in May 2011. It is directly connected to the Jack Shea Arena and the Herb Brooks Arena. Among other features, it is handicapped accessible, has a full-service production kitchen, state-of-the-art lighting systems, stages along with backstage dressing rooms and storage space, loading docks, and a 9,000-square-foot ballroom. * Herb Brooks Arena – Built for the 1980 Winter Olympics, this venue was formerly known as the Olympic Center arena. *

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– Built for the 1932 Winter Olympics, Jack Shea Arena, also known as the 1932 Rink, was the first indoor arena used for the Winter Olympics. For the 1932 Games, it hosted the figure skating competition and six of the twelve ice hockey games. * James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink – Built for the 1932 Olympics, this outdoor

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oval hosted the 1932 and 1980 Olympic speed skating competitions and served as the

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of the 1932 games, and hosted the opening ceremonies of that games. It also hosted other events during the 1932 games, such as

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and Cross-country skiing. *USA Rink – One of three ice surfaces at the Olympic Center, this rink was built for the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Other facilities

* Lake Placid Middle/High School – Located in the heart of the Olympic Center, the school building was utilized in both 1932 and 1980 for the Winter Olympic Games. In 1932 its classrooms and other spaces were used as dressing rooms for athletes competing in the Olympic Center. In 1980 it served as the main press center. * Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum – Opened in 1994, the Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum is a

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dedicated to the Winter Olympics. It is the only Olympic museum in North America. and is a part of the work of New York State

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in the Lake Placid Olympic Region. The museum receives between 25,000 and 35,000 visitors annually.

Former

*Lake Placid Convention Center **Lussi Ice Rink – The Lussi Ice Rink was a practice rink and convention space within the former Lake Placid Convention Center. The rink was built for the 1980 games. *Olympic ticket center – A building was constructed at the Olympic Center along Main Street between the arenas and the speed skating oval to house ticket sales for the 1980 games. It is now a retail space housing a local business. *North Elba Town Hall – North Elba's town hall, located directly across from the Olympic Center, temporarily acted as a part of the complex during the 1932 games, housing the Olympic Organizing headquarters. It again acted as part of the campus during the 1980 Olympics when it served as the host building for the scoring and official systems and the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympic Organizing Committee.

Use

Events

Annual events

* Ironman Lake Placid *Lake Placid Marathon * The Lake Placid ice dance competition *Winter Empire State Games

Notable events

=Multi-sport competitions

= *

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* 1972 Winter Universiade *

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*2000 Winter Goodwill Games * 2023 Winter World University Games

=Curling

= *1987 United States Men's Curling Championship

=Figure skating

= * U.S. Figure Skating Championships: 1965 *

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

,Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games Official Report part one
Volume 1. pages 1-222. Accessed Jan 17, 2014

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

, 1982, 2009

=Ice hockey

= * ECAC Hockey men's championship: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 *Ice Hockey tournament (and Olympic test event) in December 1979 * NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship (aka the ''Frozen Four''):

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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* 2007 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

Future events

* 2023 Winter World University Games

=Speed skating

= *1932

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*1978 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men *1978 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women *1989

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Training

The venues in the complex have been used as training centers for United States Olympic athletes.

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trained in the 1932 Arena prior to her gold medal performance at the

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References

External links

* {{1980 Winter Olympic venues 1931 establishments in New York (state) Indoor ice hockey venues in New York (state) Sports in Lake Placid, New York Sports venues completed in 1932 Sports venues in Essex County, New York Venues of the 1932 Winter Olympics Venues of the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic Parks