Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium

Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium
Construction
Inside Outside
Location	Lake Placid, New York, United States
Capacity	30,000
Surface	Grass
Built	1939
Opened	1945 (football) 2003 (equestrian)
Tenants
1980 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

The Olympic Cauldron

Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium is an equestrian stadium in Lake Placid, New York, USA. The opening ceremonies to the 1980 Winter Olympics were organized in a temporary stadium built next to it, which held 30,000 spectators.

References

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

Winter Olympic stadiums

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

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