Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink

Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
Squaw Valley Speed Skating Venue 1960

Location	Squaw Valley, California, USA
Type	ice rink

The Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink was a temporary venue constructed for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Olympic Valley, California (which was known at that time as "Squaw Valley"). Located outdoors near the Blyth Arena, it hosted the speed skating and some of the ice hockey events for those games. The site has been re-developed as parking and mixed residential-retail complex.

References

1960 Winter Olympics official report. p. 121.

Venues of the 1960 Winter Olympics (Olympic Valley)
Blyth Arena McKinney Creek Stadium Palisades Tahoe Papoose Peak Jumps Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink

Olympic venues in ice hockey
20th century	1920: Palais de Glace d'Anvers 1924: Stade Olympique de Chamonix 1928: St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink 1932: Olympic Arena (final), Olympic Stadium 1936: Olympia-Kunsteisstadion (final), Riessersee 1948: Kulm, Olympic Stadium (final), Suvretta 1952: Dæhlenenga, Jordal Amfi (final), Kadettangen, Lillestrøm stadion, Marienlyst stadion 1956: Apollonio Stadium, Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio 1960: Blyth Arena (final), Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink 1964: Messehalle, Olympiahalle 1968: La Patinoire Municipale, Le Stade de Glace 1972: Makomanai Ice Arena (final), Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink 1976: Messehalle, Olympiahalle (final) 1980: Olympic Center 1984: Skenderija II Hall, Zetra Ice Hall (final) 1988: Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Olympic Saddledome (final), Stampede Corral 1992: Méribel Ice Palace 1994: Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall, Håkon Hall (final) 1998: Aqua Wing, Big Hat (final)
21st century	2002: E Center (final), Peaks Ice Arena 2006: Palasport Olimpico (final), Torino Esposizioni 2010: Rogers Arena (final), UBC Thunderbird Arena 2014: Bolshoy Ice Dome (final), Shayba Arena 2018: Gangneung Hockey Centre (final), Kwandong Hockey Centre 2022: Wukesong Sports Center (final), Beijing National Indoor Stadium 2026: PalaItalia Santa Giulia (final), PalaLido

Olympic venues in speed skating
20th century	1924: Stade Olympique de Chamonix 1928: St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink 1932: Olympic Stadium 1936: Riessersee 1948: Olympic Stadium 1952: Bislett Stadium 1956: La pista di Misurina 1960: Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink 1964: Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck 1968: L'Anneau de Vitesse 1972: Makomanai Speed Skating Rink 1976: Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck 1980: James B. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval 1984: Zetra Ice Rink 1988: Olympic Oval 1992: L'anneau de vitesse 1994: Hamar Olympic Hall 1998: M-Wave
21st century	2002: Utah Olympic Oval 2006: Oval Lingotto 2010: Richmond Olympic Oval 2014: Adler Arena Skating Center 2018: Gangneung Oval 2022: Beijing National Speed Skating Oval 2026: Fiera Milano Rho

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