Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation announces 2002 Olympic Games Anniversary events

Parkite Myles Rademan carries the torch at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Photo: City Government of Park City, Utah

PARK CITY, Utah — The Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation (UOLF) has announced a month-long celebration event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City.

In 2002, Deer Valley Resort hosted the freestyle moguls, aerials, and alpine slalom events for the Olympics and Park City Mountain Resort had the alpine giant slalom, snowboarding parallel giant slalom, and snowboarding halfpipe events.

The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for The Games, Park City Council, Summit County Council, and the UOLF have scheduled a joint meeting on Feb. 15 at 2 pm MT at Utah Olympic Park to discuss a potential Olympic bid for 2030 or 2034.

“We’re not lobbying right now for a Games, but you know that might not be in our control and having energy behind it in a positive way I think could be a real benefit for us going forward,” Park City Councilman Max Doilney said at a meeting last week when discussing the events. “Especially being at that table and being able to have input, should that happen around here.”

Below is the full calendar of events in Park City:

• February 7, 2022: NBC Olympic Rings tour at Utah Olympic Park. 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
• February 10, 2022: Watch Party @ Utah Olympic Park hosted by Park City Ski & Snowboard. 6:00 – 8:00 PM. Free for the public, VIP tickets available via PCSS. Live slalom, halfpipe, food trucks & hot drinks. Register here for the event.   
• February 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 19 & 20 / March 12 & 13:The Winter Sports Festival presented by Toyota will take place in City Park and provide “learn to” programming for all abilities in Figure Skating, Hockey, Sled Hockey and Speedskating. Curling will be made available as street Curling for the public to enjoy. The Winter Sports Festival will also feature a warming hut with free hot beverages, light snacks, and surprise athlete appearances like Nancy Kerrigan, Kikkan Randall, Gracie Gold, Andy Yohe and more! All equipment and rentals to participate will be free and provided on-site. “Learn to” clinics will begin Feb 11th (free skate Feb 5 & 6) and registration will open on Feb 2nd.
• February 12, 2022: 20th Anniversary Celebration of the 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Downtown Park City, Bob Wells Plaza. 2:00-5:00 PM. Video board airing the Games and 2002 highlights, food and drinks (TBD), local merchants, USOPC/UOLF aligned partner activation, pin trading, athletes, winter Olympic demos/experiences, National Ability Center demos, climbing wall, caricature drawings, DJ/music, and KPCW.
• February 4-20, 2022: Team USA Store – The Team USA Store, located at Kimball Terrace on Main Street, will be open daily to the public February 4^th– 20^st from 10am – 8pm Sunday through Thursday and 10am – 10pm Friday and Saturday*. The store will sell Team USA apparel from Nike and Ralph Lauren plus an exclusive line of Salt Lake City Anniversary products among other items. *Times are subject to change 
• April 1, 2022: Youth Sports Alliance Olympic & Paralympic Homecoming Parade. Come see all of the Park City homegrown and hometown athletes parade down Main Street, Park City.
• • 5:00 – 5:45 PM parade down Main Street, speeches
  • 5:45 – 7:00 PM autographs at Town Lift Plaza
  • 6:00 – 7:00 PM concert at bottom of Main Street

During the entire month of February, local events will be held all over the state at various locations and Olympic sites where people can participate in activities, enter giveaways and tour the facilities that housed the Games two decades ago.

A detailed list of events in other areas including Salt Lake City and Heber along with a link to the official announcement can be found here.