Olympic and Paralympic Cauldron Plaza (Salt Lake City)
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The Olympic and Paralympic Cauldron Plaza is located outside the southwestern corner of Rice–Eccles Stadium on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. During the 2002 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the stadium was known as Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium and hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Currently, the plaza contains the 2002 Winter Olympics cauldron surrounded by several plaques displaying photographs and information related to the 2002 Games.
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Location | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Coordinates | 40.759176°N 111.850073°W / 40.759176; -111.850073 |
Created | 2003 (2003); Reconfigured 2021 |
Operated by | University of Utah |
Status | Open Year round |
In 2003, the "Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park" was opened at the southern end of Rice-Eccles Stadium, near where the cauldron had stood during the Games. The park contained the cauldron, the Hoberman Arch, and other features such as a visitor center. Overtime, features of the park became disused and some were removed. In 2018, the University of Utah announced it would be expanding the stadium south,[1] requiring the park to be eliminated and the cauldron relocated. The cauldron was removed for refurbishment in 2020,[2] before being installed in the new Olympic and Paralympic Cauldron Plaza, which was unveiled October 29, 2021.[3]