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The Lake Placid Olympic Museum commemorates the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics, which were based in the Olympic village of Lake Placid. It is one of few Olympic museums in the United States [1] and is a part of the work of New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority in the Lake Placid Olympic Region. Until Salt Lake ...
The construction of new museum spaces is currently among the final pieces of a massive Olympic Center renewal project. The museum is currently in a temporary location in the Lake Placid Conference ...
The Lake Placid Rink was an outdoor ice rink that was used for various winter sports including speed skating, figure skating and ice hockey. The venue was in use through the end of the 1932 Winter Olympics , after which it was replaced by the Jack Shea Arena and James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink .
Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum – Opened in 1994, the Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum is a museum dedicated to the Winter Olympics. It is a part of the work of New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority in the Lake Placid Olympic Region. The museum receives between 25,000 and 35,000 visitors annually. [5] [6] [7] [8]
The mascot is a raccoon, which is a familiar animal from the mountainous region of the Adirondacks where Lake Placid is situated. The name Roni comes from the word racoon in Iroquoian, the language of the native people from the region of the State of New York and Lake Placid, and was chosen by Lake Placid school children. [1]
Lake Placid, New York has been the host to two Winter Olympic Games: 1932 Winter Olympics , III Olympic Winter Games 1980 Winter Olympics , XIII Olympic Winter Games
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