1988 Winter Olympics - Venues

Venues

When awarded the games, Calgary had very little in the way of sports infrastructure to host such an event. The following is a list of venues built for the games (see venues below for complete list of all facilities used for the games):

• Olympic Oval – for speed skating, which was the first time in Olympic history where the event took place indoors under climate controlled conditions. This, along with the high altitude of the city, resulted in a few world records in the sport being broken during the Games.
• Olympic Saddledome – Indoor arena for figure skating and ice hockey competitions (construction had already begun prior to the Games being awarded to Calgary). The Calgary Flames moved into the Saddledome for the 1983–84 NHL season.
• Canada Olympic Park – Bobsleigh, Luge, ski jumping, Nordic combined (ski jumping), freestyle skiing (aerials and ballet), disabled alpine skiing
• Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park – Cross-country skiing, biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing), blind cross-country skiing
• Max Bell Centre – Curling and short track speed skating
• McMahon Stadium – opening and closing ceremonies
• Nakiska – Alpine skiing, freestyle moguls skiing
• Stampede Corral – Figure skating and ice hockey (secondary venue)
• Father David Bauer Olympic Arena – Ice hockey (secondary venue)