Olympic Regional Development Authority

Olympic Regional Development Authority
Agency overview
FormedJuly 31, 1981 (1981-07-31)
JurisdictionManagement and promotion of three winter sports facilities: Lake Placid Olympic facilities, Gore Mountain, and Belleayre Mountain
HeadquartersNYS Olympic Regional Development Authority Olympic Center
2634 Main St.
Lake Placid, New York 12946
44°17′05″N 73°59′05″W / 44.28463°N 73.98460°W / 44.28463; -73.98460
Agency executive
  • Michael Pratt, President and CEO
Websitewww.orda.org

The Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) is a New York State public benefit corporation, created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used after the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid, New York.

ORDA is the only state-owned ski area organization in the United States.[1] Destinations they operate include Whiteface Mountain, Gore Mountain, and Belleayre Mountain.[2] ORDA operates the Olympic Center which houses ice skating, museum, event space, and offices for ORDA. It also operates the Olympic Sports Complex and Mount Van Hoevenberg located five miles from Lake Placid and the Olympic Ski Jumping Complex.

  1. ^ "New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority". Archived from the original on 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  2. ^ "Olympic Center". Lakeplacidlegacysites.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.