PyeongChang 2018: Olympic venues overview
Ten of the 12 competition venues from PyeongChang 2018 are currently in use all year round, with eight being used for winter sports and the rest for other sports. Seven of the venues staged events at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games: the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre, Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Alpensia Sliding Centre, Gangneung Curling Centre, Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Oval and Gangneung Ice Arena.
The two venues not in use are the Gangneung Oval and Jeongseon Alpine Centre. The 8,000-seater Gangneung Oval has been underused. It was closed for over a year after PyeongChang 2018 due to management issues. In addition to serving as a venue at Gangwon 2024, it has been used as a film studio and ice sports experience centre for the Bandabi Sports Camp.
The Jeongseon Alpine Centre, which staged the downhill, super-G and combined events at PyeongChang 2018, was dismantled after the Games as planned, in line with a commitment to restore the venue to its original state. Its creation for the Games, which involved the felling of trees on the slopes of Mount Gariwang, attracted criticism from environmental groups.
The 10 venues still in use host a range of events and activities that benefit both high-performance athletes and recreational users. These include international and national sports events, youth sports camps and winter sports academies.
Six of PyeongChang 2018’s 12 competition venues were existing facilities, and the remaining six were built for the event. They were located in two clusters: the PyeongChang mountain cluster (snow events) and the Gangneung coastal cluster (ice events).