St._Moritz_Olympic_Ice_Rink

St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink

St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink

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St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink (German: Eisstadion Badrutts Park) is an outdoor stadium in St. Moritz, Switzerland. It was the venue for the ice hockey, speedskating and figure skating events, as well as the location of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 1928 Winter Olympics and 1948 Winter Olympics.[1][2][3]

The stadium in 1928

Artist and designer Rolf Sachs now owns the stadium's former land, and the building containing the changing facilities for athletes and officials and observation facility serves as his personal home.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Best Hosts of Olympic Winter Games Past" Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, onAir magazine, Air Canada, February 2010
  2. [2]
    1928 Winter Olympics official report. Part 2. pp. 1-7, 15. (in French)
  3. [3]
    1948 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 6, 21, 23. (in French and German)
  4. [4]
    MacFarlane, Christina (15 December 2017). "St. Moritz: Meet the man who lives in an Olympic stadium". CNN. Retrieved 16 December 2017.

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