Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium
 1980 Olympic Winter Games opening | |
Interactive map of Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium | |
| Location | Lake Placid, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 44°15′47″N 73°57′53″W / 44.262937°N 73.964765°W |
| Capacity | 30,000 (1980 Olympics) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1939 |
| Opened | 1945 (football) 2003 (equestrian) |
Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium is an equestrian stadium in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The opening ceremonies to the 1980 Winter Olympics were organized in a temporary stadium built next to it, which held 30,000 spectators.
Gallery
The Olympic Cauldron
View of the venue with the cauldron
Inside the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 1980 Winter Olympics.
References
- 1980 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. pp. 78–81.
Categories:
- Olympic stadiums
- Venues of the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Sports venues in Essex County, New York
- 1939 establishments in New York (state)
- Sports venues completed in 1939
- American football venues in New York (state)
- Equestrian venues in the United States
- Winter Olympics by year stubs
- New York (state) sport stubs
- New York (state) sports venue stubs
- Winter Olympic venue stubs