The Utah Olympic Oval
The Utah Olympic Oval is one of the world’s fastest indoor skating tracks.
During Salt Lake City 2002, ten Olympic speed skating records and nine world records were set – the most world records ever set at one event – at the Utah Olympic Oval.
Following Salt Lake City 2002, 69 of the US team’s 211 athletes who competed at the Olympic Winter Games Torino 2006 trained for those Games in Utah. The Olympic Oval was considered so valuable to the US speedskating team that it became the US team’s headquarters in 2006.
Known as the Fastest Ice On Earth, the Utah Olympic Oval holds more world records than any other venue on the circuit, globally.
Today the venue is open to the public for speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, curling and running (on a 440m track located next to the rink). The venue offers ‘cosmic skating’ under black lights, neon elements, lasers and Utah’s largest disco ball, with a live DJ.
The Oval has staged multiple major events in both speed skating and short track speed skating. It also offers a Schools on Ice programme through which children learn to skate in a fun and safe environment, tour the facility for an educational element and watch world-class athletes train.
The Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation operates and manages the venue, while the owner remains the Oquirrh Mountain Recreation and Parks District.