Utah isn't officially hosting another Winter Olympics yet, but the bid organizers already have contracts signed for several venues, including Deer Valley Resort, the University of Utah and a property owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Olympic cauldron is lit up on the 20-year anniversary of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.
“We love thinking outside the box because we don’t want these Games to be just an updated version of 2002,” said Fraser Bullock, the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games. “We want it to be creative, innovative, new ideas, new experiences, and we have a lot of fun imagining what’s possible.”Make no mistake, many of 2002′s most recognizable venues will reprise their roles.
Neighboring Park City Mountain, meanwhile, will be a central hub of events. Bullock said the United States’ largest lift-served ski area currently is on tap to host halfpipe skiing and snowboarding, slopestyle skiing and snowboarding, giant slalom and snowboard parallel giant slalom. Park City Mountain is also being considered as the site for ski cross and snowboard cross, both of which are new to the Games since 2010 and 2006, respectively.
“If we have that in town, we could have medals plaza there,” Bullock said of the MLB stadium. “Medals plaza is fairly mobile.”When Snowbasin Resort hosted the men’s and women’s downhill, super G and combined in 2002, it transformed the former mom-and-pop ski area into an international resort. Snowbasin was among the mountain sites visited by IOC observers during a spring 2022 visit, along with Deer Valley and Mayflower and Park City Mountain.
“When a ski course or snowboard course is prepared, a tremendous amount of work goes into that in terms of contouring and shaping of the hill. And if snow happens, they have to start all over again. It sounds strange, but it’s best to have less frequent snow than the Cottonwoods get in order to have a more predictable course.”
If the event comes to Salt Lake City, organizers envision it also being held in town. Big air competitors themselves have offered up Smith Ballpark, Pioneer Park and even City Creek as preferred options for the venue.
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