Here we go again — state officials are set to make another bid for the Winter Games, intoning Salt Lake City’s Olympic legacy — but unlike other former hosts, from Torino to Vancouver to Sochi, Utah’s capital has no Olympic legacy park.
It is true that Park City has the Utah Olympic Park with ski jumps and bobsled runs. And Kearns has the Utah Olympic Oval, where speedskaters train. But in the 2002 host city, there are few tangible symbols of its historic Winter Games.
Perhaps the most recognizable icon of the 2002 Winter Games was the awe-inspiring Hoberman Arch.