 1980 rink during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Empire State Winter Games | |
  Olympic Center Location within the contiguous United States and New York  Olympic Center Olympic Center (New York) | |
| Former names | Olympic Hockey Arena |
|---|---|
| Address | 2634 Main Street Lake Placid, NY 12946 |
| Coordinates | 44°17′00″N 73°59′08″W / 44.2832°N 73.9856°W |
| Elevation | 540 metres (1,770 ft) |
| Owner | New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority |
| Type | Sports complex |
| Genre(s) | Winter sporting events |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 1931 |
| Opened | January 16, 1932 |
| Construction cost | $225,000 |
| Website | |
| lakeplacidolympicsites | |
The Olympic Center is a sports complex in Lake Placid, New York that acted as the Olympic Park for both the 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics.[1][2] The venues inside this area is the main complex of the 2023 Winter World University Games.
- ^ 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. (in English and French)