Venues of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
The
.Lillehammer has five competition venues,
Background
Originally proposed in 1981, Lillehammer's bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics was unsuccessful and lost to Albertville, France.[1] Lillehammer then made a new bid for the 1994 Olympics,[2] which it won on 15 September 1988.[3] Venue construction ran from spring 1990 to December 1993,[4] with all the competition and most of the non-competition venues purpose-built for the games. For the first time in Olympic history, environmental and sustainability issues were considered in venue construction.[5]
Two venues, Kristins Hall and Hafjell, were built before Lillehammer had been awarded the Olympics,[6] although the former was only used for training during the Olympics.[7] Lillehammer's incumbent ski jumping hill, Balbergbakken, was found to be unsuitable and Lysgårdsbakken was built instead.[8] In the bid, the speed skating events were to be held at Stampesletta, an outdoor track and field stadium in Lillehammer.[9] Only after Lillehammer had been awarded the 1994 Winter Olympics was it decided that an indoor venue would have to be built for the games.[10] This started a debate about the location of the various ice rinks and resulted in the neighboring towns of Hamar and Gjøvik also receiving venues.[11]
Lillehammer failed at its bid to host the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, losing to Innsbruck, Austria,[12] but was awarded the 2016 edition as the only bidder.[13] The bid was based on reuse of the heritage and venues from the 1994 Olympics.[12] Beyond the construction of an Olympic Village,[14] the only major upgrade to the venues is the addition of a curling rink in Kristins Hall.[15]
Competition venues
In Lillehammer, the twin
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track is located at
All the competition venues were built ahead of the 1994 Winter Olympics.
The following list contains the nine venues scheduled to be used during the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. They are listed by their name, as well as containing the sports held at the venue, the municipality where they are located and the spectator capacity.
Venue | Sport(s) | Location | Capacity | Ref(s) |
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Birkebeineren Ski Stadium | Biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing) | Lillehammer | 34,000 | [17][28] |
Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall | Short-track speed skating |
Gjøvik | 6,000 | [21] |
Kristins Hall
|
Ice hockey, curling | Lillehammer | 3,197 | [15] |
Hafjell | Alpine skiing, snowboarding (slopestyle) | Øyer | 30,000 | [23][28] |
Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre
|
Figure skating | Hamar | 6,000 | [22][29] |
Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena | Freestyle skiing, snowboarding (half-pipe) | Lillehammer | 15,000 | [19] |
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track | Bobsleigh, luge, skeleton | Lillehammer | 10,000 | [20][30] |
Lysgårdsbakken | Nordic combined (ski jumping), ski jumping , Opening ceremony | Lillehammer | 35,000 | [16][31] |
Vikingskipet | Speed skating | Hamar | 10,600 | [32][33] |
Non-competition venues
Stampesletta, a multi-sports complex next to Kristins Hall, will host the opening and closing ceremonies. The medal ceremonies will take place in the town plaza. There are five designated cultural venues in Lillehammer: Kulturhuset Banken, Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer University College, Maihaugen and the Nansen Academy.[34] The Main Media Centre will be located at Mesna Upper Secondary School, which is adjacent to Stampesletta.[35]
Athlete and leader accommodation will be provided at two Olympic Villages, one in Lillehammer for the Lillehammer and Øyer-based events, and one in Hamar for the Hamar and Gjøvik-based events.[14] The Olympic Village in Hamar will make use of the 239-room Hotel Scandic Hamar, located between the two venues. It will serve as a village for all skating sports (long-track, short-track and figure), which take place in Hamar and Gjøvik.[36] Travel distance from Hamar to Gjøvik is 50 kilometers (30 mi).[14]
The Youth Olympic Village in Lillehammer will be the only facilities of any size constructed for the Youth Olympics and is located at Stampesletta, 600 meters (2,000 ft) from the town center. This allows the village to be within walking distance from three of the competition venues: Kristins Hall, Lysgårdsbakken and Kanthaugen.[37] The village will consist of the existing Birkebeineren Hotel & Apartments plus new residential buildings. The complex will have 1,786 beds. Dining will take place at Håkons Hall.[14] Construction of the new residential areas are the responsibility of the Student Welfare Organisation in Oppland and Lillehammer Cooperative Housing Association. Travel distance to the event venues ranges from walking distance to 18 kilometers (11 mi).[14]
The following list contains the twelve non-competition venues scheduled to be used during the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. They are listed with their function, location and capacity.
Venue | Type | Location | Capacity | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Håkons Hall | Dining, Closing ceremony | Lillehammer | 11,500 | [38] |
Hotel Scandic Hamar | Athlete accommodation | Hamar | — | [27] |
Ice hockey rink | Training | Lillehammer | — | [14] |
Kulturhuset Banken | Culture | Lillehammer | — | [39] |
Lillehammer University College | Culture | Lillehammer | — | [40] |
Lillehammer Art Museum | Culture | Lillehammer | — | [41] |
Maihaugen | Culture | Lillehammer | 750 | [39] |
Mesna Upper Secondary School | Media | Lillehammer | — | [35] |
Nansen Academy | Culture | Lillehammer | — | [42] |
Town plaza | Medal ceremonies | Lillehammer | — | [14] |
Youth Olympic Village in Lillehammer | Athlete accommodation | Lillehammer | 1,786 | [14] |
References
- ^ LOOC (I): 13
- ^ Hove-Ødegård, Celius and Brun: 9
- ^ Hove-Ødegård, Celius and Brun: 6
- ^ LOOC (I): 129
- ^ LOOC (I): 124
- ^ "Lillehammers OL-søknad, og den støtte Regjeringen har vedtatt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 21 October 1985.
- ^ Svegaarden, Knut Espen; Olsen, Geir (7 January 1992). "Håkons hall valgt blant mange forslag". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 43.
- ^ Hansen, Espen (2 April 1985). "Hvem får OL?". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 18.
- ^ Anda, Torgeir (15 September 1992). "OL-ideens "fedre" angrer". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 18.
- ^ Anda, Torgeir (2 June 1992). "Etterbruken – OLs levende spøkelse". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 18.
- ^ Dehlin, Håkon (5 April 1989). "Også OL-status til Hamar og Gjøvik?". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 44.
- ^ a b "Lillehammer Submits 2012 Youth Olympics Plan To IOC". GamesBids. 19 June 2008. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ Mackay, Duncan (7 December 2011). "Lillehammer awarded 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h IOC (2011): 6
- ^ a b c NIF: 12
- ^ a b LOOC (III): 18–22
- ^ a b NIF: 10
- ^ LOOC (III): 31–36
- ^ a b NIF: 8
- ^ a b LOOC (III): 37–41
- ^ a b NIF: 32
- ^ a b NIF: 24
- ^ a b NIF: 16
- ^ a b LOOC (III): 14
- ^ "Lillehammer 1 år igjen". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 12 February 1993. p. 14.
- ^ IOC (2011): 5
- ^ a b IOC (2011): 7
- ^ a b LOOC (II): 94
- ^ LOOC (III): 57–60
- ^ NIF: 20
- ^ NIF: 4
- ^ LOOC (III): 51–56
- ^ NIF: 28
- ^ NIF: 34–37
- ^ a b NIF: 47
- ^ NIF: 46
- ^ NIF: 41
- ^ NIF: 44
- ^ a b NIF: 34
- ^ NIF: 35
- ^ NIF: 36
- ^ NIF: 37
Bibliography
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- International Olympic Committee (IOC) (November 2011). "2nd Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2016: Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee (LOOC). "1994 Winter Olympics Report, volume I" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee (LOOC). "1994 Winter Olympics Report, volume III" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- Hove-Ødegård, Arne; Celius, Sten; Brun, Ivar Ole (2004). "An Olympic Fairy Tale". Lillehammer Municipality. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.