Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium

The Olympic Cauldron

Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium is an equestrian stadium in Lake Placid, New York, USA. The stadium holds 30,000. The opening ceremonies to the 1980 Winter Olympics were organized in a temporary stadium who was adjacent to the equestrian stadium.

References

1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 78-81.

Winter Olympic stadiums

Chamonix 1924 St. Moritz 1928 Lake Placid 1932 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 St. Moritz 1948 Oslo 1952 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Squaw Valley 1960 Innsbruck 1964 Grenoble 1968 Sapporo 1972 Innsbruck 1976 Lake Placid 1980 Sarajevo 1984 Calgary 1988 Albertville 1992 Lillehammer 1994 Nagano 1998 Salt Lake City 2002 Turin 2006 Vancouver 2010 Sochi 2014 Pyeongchang 2018

Venues of the 1980 Winter Olympics

Intervales Ski-Hill Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center Mt. Van Hoevenberg Bob and Luge Run Olympic Center Arena James B. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval Whiteface Mountain

Coordinates: 44°15′41″N 73°57′58″W / 44.2613061°N 73.9660549°W / 44.2613061; -73.9660549