Park City announced as Olympic bid venue location for fifteen sports

Park City Mountain's half-pipe. Photo: Jack Loosmann, Park City Mountain

The plan encompasses all three venues operated by the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation in Park City, along with key resorts such as Park City Mountain and Deer Valley Resort, plus Snowbasin near Ogden.

PARK CITY, Utah — The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games (SLC-UT) announced 13 proposed venues as part of the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Bid. The plan includes a core of existing venues along with bringing the new events of ski and snowboard big air into the heart of downtown Salt Lake City.

The plan encompasses all three venues operated by the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation in Park City, along with key resorts such as Park City Mountain and Deer Valley Resort, plus Snowbasin near Ogden.

Park City Olympic Competition Venues & Events

Utah Olympic Park

Other Utah Venues for Olympic Competition

Alpine Skiing
Snowbasin, Ogden

Biathlon
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway

Cross Country Skiing
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway

Curling
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City

Figure Skating
Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Ice Hockey
Maverik Center, West Valley City
Peaks Ice Arena, Provo

Speed Skating
Delta Center, Salt Lake City (short track)
Utah Olympic Oval, Kearns (long track)

Para Alpine Skiing
Snowbasin, Ogden

Para Biathlon
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway

Para Cross Country Skiing
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway

Wheelchair Curling
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City

Para Ice Hockey
Maverik Center, West Valley City

One of the most noteworthy additions is a proposed downtown location for big air, which became an Olympic event in 2018 and is now contested in both skiing and snowboarding.

“Big air has been a remarkable event that has literally brought the sport to the people,” said Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation COO Calum Clark, who has overseen similar events in downtown Denver’s Civic Park and Boston’s Fenway Park. “Producing big air in the heart of Salt Lake City will be an iconic event destined to leave an indelible mark on the 2034 Winter Games.”

Park City Mountain is set to host the men’s and women’s snowboarding halfpipe, snowboarding slopestyle, freestyle skiing halfpipe, and freestyle skiing slopestyle competitions.

Deirdra Walsh, vice president and chief operating officer of Park City Mountain, expressed her excitement about the selection. “As a legacy Olympic venue and as a longtime partner of U.S. Ski & Snowboard … we look forward to creating a uniquely meaningful “Home Games” experience for hundreds of U.S. athletes in 2034 and to welcoming athletes from across the world, fostering unity and inspiring youth through the Olympic values.”

For the 2002 Olympics, Park City Mountain hosted the men’s and women’s snowboarding halfpipe, men’s giant slalom, and men’s and women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom events in its Eagle Race Arena. The mountain also made history when it built its 22-foot halfpipe for the Olympics, following the half-pipe event’s debut on a smaller one in 1998 at the Nagano Game. Park City Mountain had installed temporary grandstands constructed at the end of the race area, built to accommodate 16,500 spectators per event.

Salt Lake City-Utah is the lone Preferred Host being considered by the International Olympic Committee for 2034. An election is anticipated this July at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris.