The Salt Lake 2002 speed skating oval in Kearns, still billed as the Fastest Ice on Earth.
The Utah Olympic Oval was built for the 2002 Winter Olympics and hosted their long-track speed skating events, a role it is expected to reprise in 2034. Its high altitude helped ten Olympic records and nine world records fall here during the 2002 Games, the most world records ever set at one event, and the Oval still calls itself the Fastest Ice on Earth.
The Utah Sports Authority picked the Oquirrh Park Fitness Center in Kearns as the site in October 1992, and a first, uncovered oval opened on September 1, 1995, almost a year late after a cold, wet spring. When the time came to cover it, the original oval was pulled up and replaced; work on the new building began in June 1999, with the roof hung like a suspension bridge from steel cables strung between masts on each side to leave an unobstructed view of the ice.
Finished in 2001, the five-acre venue holds Utah's only 400-meter speed skating oval, two international-size ice sheets and a four-lane, 442-meter running track. Today it is a multi-use facility focused on growing participation in ice sports across Utah.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Public skate rates: adult and youth $7; seniors (61+) $6; military + civil service $6 (admission only, with valid ID); child (2 and under) $0. Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center members get free admission at the Monday night public skate.
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Skate rental is $7. Helmet rental is $5. Walkers are currently unavailable.
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Sign the Oval's online waiver before you arrive.
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Guests are encouraged to bring their own helmet; walkers are not rented, but you may bring your own.
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