Olympiaworld

Between them, the Olympiaworld venues stage year-round events such as sports world championships, musicals, pop concerts and stand-up comedy events. They provide competition and event organisers, operators, companies, sports clubs and associations with high-quality facilities and a wide range of services for their events.

The Olympiaworld umbrella brand came into being on 1 March 2004. It covers three Olympic Winter Games venues: the Olympiahalle (formerly the Olympic Ice Stadium), which staged the figure skating and ice hockey competitions and the Closing Ceremony in 1964; the Eisschnellaufbahn, the outdoor venue for the speed skating competitions; and the Olympic Ice Track (bobsleigh and luge). 

Situated to the south of town, near the village of Igls, the Olympic Ice Track has staged five major world championships since 1964 and has become a popular winter and summer tourist attraction, offering visitors Olympic track sliding experiences. Separate bobsleigh and luge tracks were used at Innsbruck 1964 before being replaced with a combined track for the 1976 Games. This track remains in place and was used at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

Both the Olympiahalle and Eisschnellaufbahn are located at the Olympiaworld complex, which was the Olympic Park at both Innsbruck 1964 and 1976. Olympiaworld lies just 20 minutes from the city’s airport and close to its main railway station and the Innsbruck Mitte motorway.

The complex’s other facilities include the  TIWAG Arena, which was built for the 2005 World Ice Hockey Championships, and the  Tivoli Stadion Tirol. Constructed in 2000, it is the home ground of Austrian second-division football team FC Wacker Innsbruck.  

Also on site is the State Sport Centre and the newly opened  American Football Centre, which provides match and training facilities for the region’s and country’s American football teams. The complex also features  outdoor facilities such as a football pitch used for training by FC Wacker Innsbruck, an athletics facility, a basketball court and three beach volleyball courts. State Sport Centre and the newly opened  American Football Center, which provides match and training facilities for outdoor facilities such as a football pitch used for training by FC Wacker Innsbruck, an athletics facility, a basketball court and three beach volleyball courts. 

The two remaining Olympiaworld venues are located side by side in the north of the city: the Skatehalle, which opened its doors in 2011; and the Sillside Areal, an indoor athletics facility.  

Together, the venues cater for a total of 20 sports, from futsal and fencing to diving and ice skating, and are open to elite and recreational athletes alike. They have staged events at the 2005 Winter World University Games, the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, the 2020 Winter World Masters Games, and world championships in climbing, handball, volleyball, ice hockey, bobsleigh and skeleton.

They are also used for national championships, national and regional training camps and by the local community. For example, the Olympiahalle stages ice hockey matches and figure skating events and hosted matches at the 2010 European Handball Championships and the 2011 European Volleyball Championships. For its part, the  Skatehalle offers parkour, skateboard and BMX facilities at affordable prices all year round.   

In addition, the Olympiaworld venues welcome the world’s leading performers and groups for classical and pop concerts all year round. Disney on Ice, Cirque du Soleil, David Guetta and Iron Maiden are just some of the many names and acts to have performed at these venues, which also host corporate events, TV productions and trade fairs.