The Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink was a temporary venue constructed for the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley ...

Olympic Valley, California Olympic Valley (historically and informally known as Squaw Valley) is an unincorporated community located in Placer County, California, United States. It lies northwest of Tahoe City along California State Highway 89 on the banks of the Truckee ...

(which was known at that time as "Squaw Valley"). Located outdoors near the

Blyth Arena Blyth Arena was an ice skating arena in the western United States, located at Squaw Valley, California. It was built in 1959 as venue for ice hockey, figure skating competitions, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1960 Winter Olympics ...

, it hosted the

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skat ...

and some of the

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

events for those games. The site has been re-developed as parking and mixed residential-retail complex.

References

1960 Winter Olympics official report.
p. 121. {{Olympic venues in speed skating Venues of the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skating venues Olympic ice hockey venues Defunct sports venues in California Speed skating venues in the United States Sports venues in Placer County, California