The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) announces the schedule of indoor and outdoor activities through January 1, 2023, all designed to provide guests and the community with an abundance of activities and attractions for a unique holiday experience. The following are the options available at Mt Van Hoevenbrg, Olympic Center, Olympic Jumping… Read more »
The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) announces details for a trio of exciting fall festivals coming to the Olympic Region this fall. Jumpapalooza The USA Nordic National Championships, U.S. Ski Jumping competition, and U.S. Nordic Combined National Championships all converge at Lake Placid’s Olympic Jumping Complex Friday evening, September 30, and… Read more »
All-New Event with Skating Performances to Honor a Giant in the Figure Skating World The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) announces it will host a unique event, new to the figure skating world — the Dick Button Festival of Artistic Skating – to be held on October 1 and 2. ORDA is… Read more »
Q&A with Olympians Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker By Jaime Collins Team USA Olympic figure skaters Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker placed 11th in the pairs ice dance competition at the 2022 Beijing Games. Now they’re here in Lake Placid training at the Olympic Center’s 1932 Jack Shea Arena and, in fact, have been coming… Read more »
Summer ski jumping returns to the Olympic Jumping Complex The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) announces that the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid will host athletes in head-to-head competition at the Star-Spangled Ski Jumping event on Saturday, July 2, 2022. With all-new jump and landing surfaces, athletes are once again competing and… Read more »
A great logo offers a look inside an organization, and in the case of the Lake Placid Olympic Museum, it’s even more. It’s a major step in the transformation now happening in the museum’s purpose and exhibit spaces and in its visibility to the public. In a sense, this logo is a visual ode to… Read more »
The Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) at Mt Van Hoevenberg is hosting the US Biathlon Association’s Coach Conference and Training Weekend. Coaches and US Biathlon representatives from across the country are on-site for networking, hands-on workshops, and sport education starting today, May 12 through tomorrow, May 13. The Official Training is this weekend, May 14… Read more »
100 Athletes in 100 Years (Athletes and Olympians in Lake Placid) Lake Placid’s Olympic Legacy includes sending athletes to the Winter Games every year since they first began in 1928. Since then, more than 100 athletes from our region have participated in the Winter Olympics. Views from the FIS Continental Cup and US Biathlon National… Read more »