Big air became an Olympic sport in 2018 where skiers and snowboarders throw their biggest tricks off a single, large jump.
The proposed venue in downtown Salt Lake City would be Block 85, the site of the Medals Plaza in 2002, near the Delta Center and Salt Palace Convention Center. The site is an open lot centered between North and South Temple and 200 West and 300 West.
Big air has been held in similar urban areas such as downtown Denver and at Boston’s Fenway Park. Events generally take place on a towering portable scaffold structure, which is flexible in its location.
Another new proposed location for a potential 2034 Games in Utah is the Salt Palace Convention Center downtown. The committee has proposed hosting curling and Paralympic wheelchair curling there. The venue will feature a temporary curling ice sheet and seating for 6,500 spectators. The Salt Palace would also serve as the main media center.
Utah Olympic Park, Deer Valley Resort and Park City Mountain would host freestyle skiing events. Snowboarding events would happen at Park City Mountain and the UOP.
Midway’s Soldier Hollow Nordic Center would feature cross country skiing.
Alpine skiing events are designated for Snowbasin.
The International Olympic Committee will be in Utah April 10 to April 13 for site visits at Park City Mountain, Utah Olympic Park and Soldier Hollow.
Other proposed venues include Salt Lake City’s Delta Center, the Maverik Center in West Valley City and the Peaks Ice Arena in Provo. The University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium would host opening and closing ceremonies.
Salt Lake City Committee for the Games President and CEO Fraser Bullock noted the site plan is not finalized and is expected to change over the next 10 years.
Salt Lake City is the lone preferred host the IOC is considering for 2034.
The IOC is expected to award the 2034 Games and announce the host city July 24, or Pioneer Day, in Paris just days before the 2024 opening ceremony.
Full list of proposed venues:
PROPOSED OLYMPIC COMPETITION VENUES
Alpine Skiing
Snowbasin, Ogden
Biathlon
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway
Cross Country Skiing
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway
Curling
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City
Figure Skating
Delta Center, Salt Lake City
Freestyle Skiing
Block 85 (downtown), Salt Lake City (big air)
Deer Valley Resort, Park City
Park City Mountain, Park City
Utah Olympic Park, Park City
Ice Hockey
Maverik Center, West Valley City
Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Nordic Combined
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway
Utah Olympic Park, Park City
Snowboarding
Block 85 (downtown), Salt Lake City (big air)
Park City Mountain, Park City
Utah Olympic Park, Park City
Speed Skating
Delta Center, Salt Lake City (short track)
Utah Olympic Oval, Kearns (long track)
OTHER PROPOSED OLYMPIC VENUES
Opening and Closing Ceremonies
Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City
Olympic Village
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Olympic Medals Plaza
Block 85 (Downtown), Salt Lake City
Main Media Center
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City
PARALYMPIC COMPETITION VENUES
Para Alpine Skiing
Snowbasin, Ogden
Para Biathlon
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway
Para Cross Country Skiing
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway
Wheelchair Curling
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City
Para Ice Hockey
Maverik Center, West Valley City
Para Snowboarding
Utah Olympic Park, Park City
OTHER PROPOSED PARALYMPIC VENUES
Opening and Closing Ceremonies
Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City
Paralympic Village
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Paralympic Medals Plaza
Block 85 (Downtown), Salt Lake City
Main Media Center
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City
