Lillehammer Olympiapark
Company type | Municipal limited company |
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Industry | Sports venues |
Founded | 3 December 1990 |
Headquarters | , |
Revenue | NOK 56 million (2010) |
NOK 1.7 million (2010) | |
Owner | Lillehammer Municipality |
Number of employees | 50+ |
Website | olympiaparken |
Lillehammer Olympiapark AS, trading as Olympiaparken, is a company established following the 1994 Winter Olympics to operate the Olympic venues in Lillehammer, Norway. Owned by Lillehammer Municipality, it operates five sports venues: Birkebeineren Ski Stadium, Håkons Hall, Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track, Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena and the ski jumping hill of Lysgårdsbakken. In addition to serving sports events, the company provides tourist and group activities at the venues as well as catering to larger events.
In the Lillehammer bid for the 1994 Winter Olympics, the agreement between Lillehammer Municipality and the state specified that the municipality was responsible for financing all necessary sports venues. However, after the games were awarded the responsibility was taken over by Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee (LOOC) and the town's five venues were ultimately funded through state grants. To allow for post-Olympic use, a fund was created by the state, of which Lillehammer Olympiapark received 146 million Norwegian krone (NOK). Unlike the Hamar venues, which survive on their fund's yield, the Lillehammer venues have used up their capital. From 2014 the post-Olympic use fund will be depleted and alternative organization and funding is being looked into. A leading proposal is that the bobsleigh and luge track be taken over by the state, while the remaining venues be retained by the company and jointly funded by the municipality and Oppland County Municipality.
History
As part of the 1985 and 1987 agreements with the
By 1989, political discussions had started regarding the creation of a fund to finance post-Olympic use. The sledding track, especially, would incur high operating costs, estimated at between NOK 5 and 6 million per year.[2] Total deficits for the five Lillehammer venues were in 1990 estimated at ca. NOK 15 million per year. Initially the government offered to grant NOK 55 million for the fund, but the Post-Olympic Use Committee estimated that NOK 215 million would be necessary. They further proposed that the capital could be used as share capital in the proposed company Olympia Vekst, which would be jointly privately and publicly owned and operate the venues.[3]
The budgets were reviewed by Parliament on 23 April 1990. They also decided to re-organize the Olympics into a concern model, which saw both LOA and the Post-Olympics Use Committees becoming subsidiaries of LOOC, and the Post-Olympics Use Committees changing its name to Lillehammer Olympiavekst (LOV). Separate companies were established to construct the venues in Hamar and Gjøvik, owned by the respective municipalities. The municipal governments of Øyer and Ringebu each received a 24.5-percent stake in LOV. Lillehammer Municipality gained a 24.5-percent stake in the new holding company, Lillehammer '94 AS. Gerhard Heiberg, President of LOOC, was appointed chair of both LOV and LOA.[4] LOV was given the responsibility for operating the venues after the Olympics.[5]
LOOC and the
Haavind was replaced by Bjørn Sund in 1991.
LOOC transferred the ownership of the Olympic venues in Lillehammer to the municipality for NOK 1 million on 7 September 1993. By then the government had increased the post-Olympic fund to NOK 200 million. Ownership of the Hamar and Gjøvik venues had previously been transferred to the respective municipal governments.[12] The fund was established in September and is managed by a separate foundation, Stiftelsen Lillehammer Etterbruksfond.[13] Additional capital for the fund was secured through LOOC's financial buffers not being used and the surplus transferred to the funds.[14] In June 1994 the fund was set to NOK 401.3 million.[15]
By 1999, Lillehammer Olympiapark had an annual revenue of NOK 20 million, of which a third came from the fund. Commercial activities contributed half the revenue, while the remaining fraction came from sports activities. Between 80 and 90 percent of the rental time went to sports activities.
Operations
As of 2010, the company had a revenue of NOK 56 million, up NOK 10 million from 2009, yielding a profit of NOK 2 million. The company employed between 51 and 55 people, it is based at Håkons Hall and is entirely owned by Lillehammer Municipality.
Venues
Birkebeineren Ski Stadium
The arena covers an area of 200 hectares (490 acres),
Håkons Hall
Håkons Hall is an
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track is 1,710 meters (5,610 ft) long, with the competitive length for
Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena
Kanthaugen is located next to Lysgårsbakken, slightly uphill from Stampesletta, one kilometer (half a mile) east of Lillehammer's town center. It consists of three hills, each tailor-made for aerials, moguls and ski ballet, respectively. Above the Olympic hills is a 1-kilometer (0.6 mi) long tobogganing hill which uses the competitive area as a finish. At the base of the hill is the spectator area, which featured temporary
Lysgårdsbakken
The twin
References
- Bibliography
- Gleditsch, Knut Th. (1994). Olympiske vinterleker Lillehammer 1994 (in Norwegian). Notabene Forlag.
- Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. "1994 Winter Olympics Report, volume I" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. "1994 Winter Olympics Report, volume II" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. "1994 Winter Olympics Report, volume III" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF). "Candidate city for the Winter Youth Olympic Games: Lillehammer 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- Notes
- ^ a b LOOC (I): 19
- ^ "Kan OL-budsjettet komme opp i 10 milliarder?" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 25 November 1989.
- ^ "EBUK: OL-etterbruksarbeidet må komme i gang straks" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 19 February 1990.
- ^ LOOC (I): 20
- ^ Finstad, Øyvind (28 July 1990). "400 millioner i OL-underskudd". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 2.
- ^ "OL-94 og Kommunaldepartementet forhandler om etterbruk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 October 1990.
- ^ Herefoss, Knut (18 January 1991). "Mer penger til OL-etterbruk". Dagens Næringsliv. p. 12.
- ^ Herefoss, Knut (26 March 1991). "OL splitter byene i Mjøs-regionen". Dagens Næringsliv. p. 28.
- ^ Anda, Torgeir (2 June 1992). "Etterbruken – OLs levende spøkelse". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 18.
- ^ a b LOOC (I): 21
- ^ LOOC (I): 23
- ^ "Nå eier OL-kommunene alt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 7 September 1993.
- ^ Anda, Torgeir (13 January 1994). "OL-banken tapte kampen om etterbruksfondet". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 5.
- ^ "Etterbrukskassen vokser". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). 14 April 1994. p. 34.
- ^ "OLs etterbruksfond: 401,3 millioner kroner" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 29 June 1994.
- ^ "OLs etterbruksselskaper må rydde i eget hus, mener Berge" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 18 January 1995.
- ^ Magnusson, Geir (7 February 1995). "Thue kritisk til OL-etterbruk". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 32.
- ^ Hagen, Marit Graff (18 May 1999). "Bedring for OL-anlegg". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 8.
- ^ Lie, Svenn Arne (12 February 2009). "OL utan effekt". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). p. 7.
- Glåmdalen(in Norwegian). p. 20.
- ^ "Lillehammer Olympiapark AS". Proff. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ a b Lillehammer Olympiapark. "Lysgårdsbakkene hoppsenter" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena". Lillehammer Olympiapark. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track". Lillehammer Olympiapark. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ a b c LOOC (III): 33
- ^ LOOC (III): 31
- ^ a b Lillehammer Olympiapark. "Birkebeineren skistadion" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- International Ski Federation. "Cross-country skiing World Cup Lillehammer 23 March 2002 men's 58 km classical mass start results". Archived from the originalon 26 May 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- International Ski Federation. "Nordic combined World Cup Lillehammer medalist history: 1993-2010". Archived from the originalon 3 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ^ International Biathlon Union. "IBU World Cup Lillehammer 7 December 1997 women's 10 km pursuit results". Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ^ Gleditsch (1994): 288
- ^ "Kjølig forhold mellom IOK og paralympics" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 9 March 1994.
- ^ "Oslo ble for dyr" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 26 January 1999.
- ^ "Running track at Håkons Hall Sports Centre". Lillehammer Olympiapark. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- Aftenposten Aften(in Norwegian). 1 September 1998. p. 19.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ Tagesen, Dan (22 June 2007). "Dagens Høydepunkt". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). p. 41.
- ^ "Håndball-EM". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). 23 March 2009. p. 6.
- ^ "VM- hallene". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 22 January 1993. p. 17.
- ^ "Håndball: VM-byene klare" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 12 October 1998.
- ^ LOOC (III): 37
- ^ LOOC (III): 41
- ^ "Skeleton Men: World Championships 1995 at Lillehammer (nor)". Sport123. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "World Championships since 1955" (PDF). International Luge Federation. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ NIF (2011): 8
- International Ski Federation. Archived from the originalon 15 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ LOOC (III): 18
- ^ LOOC (II): 241–242
- ^ LOOC (III): 21
- ^ International Ski Federation. "Results". Archived from the originalon 22 October 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Turistattraksjoner: Plass 11 til 50". Din Side. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2011.