Lake Placid's Mount Van Hoevenberg named "Plan B" for 2026 Winter Olympic Sliding Events
More than 40 years after Lake Placid last hosted the Winter Olympics, officials have announced an opportunity to bring a portion of the games back to the North Country. The 2026 Milano-Cortina Organizing Committee for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy has named Lake Placid's Mount Van Hoevenberg as the intended "Plan B" or backup host site for all sliding sports in the upcoming games.
Lake Placid Named Backup Venue for 2026 Winter Olympics
Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid is set to serve as a backup sliding venue for the 2026 Winter Olympics if Italy’s track for the Milano-Cortina Games isn’t ready by March. Plans include flying athletes into Plattsburgh,
Lake Placid advances as backup site for 2026 Olympic Winter sliding events
Lake Placid would host sliding events for the 2026 Olympics should Italy fail to build its bobsled track in time, according to Olympic Regional Development Authority officials.
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Mount Van Hoevenberg has been designated as the "Plan B" site for the bobsled, luge, and skeleton events for the upcoming games.
Lake Placid chosen as Plan B site for 2026 Winter Olympics events
The Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg could host luge, bobsled and skeleton events if a 100-year-old track in Italy is not completed in time.
Lake Placid moves to targeted dialogue as 2026 Olympic sliding Plan B
Lake Placid has been officially named the Plan B host site for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games sliding sports if the century-old Italian sliding track in Cortina d’Ampezzo is not completed by March 2025,
Lake Placid officially named ‘Plan B’ site for 2026 Winter Olympics
The Olympics may be returning to Upstate New York.
Lake Placid Working With Italian Officials as a Backup Sliding Site for 2026 Winter Games
Lake Placid would play host to bobsled, luge and skeleton events for the 2026 Olympics if a track currently being rebuilt in Italy isn’t finished in time for the Milan-Cortina Games, officials said We
Lake Placid sliding site will be backup for '26 Winter Games
Lake Placid would play host to bobsled, luge and skeleton events for the 2026 Olympics if a track currently being rebuilt in Italy isn't finished in time for the Milan-Cortina Games.
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Lake Placid Named Backup for 2026 Olympic Sliding Events
Lake Placid has been designated as the contingency location for the 2026 Olympic bobsled, luge, and skeleton events if Italy does not complete renovations on its historic track for the Milan-Cortina Games,
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Mount Van Hoevenberg to serve as 2026 backup Olympic venue
The International Olympic Committee is moving forward with plans to make Mount Van Hoevenberg a backup sliding venue for the 2026 Winter Olympics.