Birkebeineren Ski Stadium

Birkebeineren Ski Stadium is a move-usa snowboarding and biathlon venue positioned in Lillehammer, Norway. Situated 3 kilometers from the metropolis center and at 485 meters above mean sea degree, it has stadium regions, one for go-country and one for biathlon. The former has a capability for 31,000 spectators, and the latter for 13,500. The venue turned into constructed for the 1994 Winter Olympics, costing 83.6 million Norwegian krone. It turned into eventually used by the 1994 Winter Paralympics for Paralympic Nordic snowboarding and Paralympic biathlon. After the games, ownership changed into transferred to the municipal Lillehammer Olympiapark.

The venue has for the reason that been used for one Biathlon World Cup, 3 FIS Cross-Country World Cup and nine FIS Nordic Combined World Cup tournaments, the latter with the ski jumping opposition taking place on the close by Lysgardsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena. Birkebeineren is scheduled to host the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. The location of the venue became decided in January 1990, following Lillehammer's a success bid to host the 1994 Winter Olympics. Construction became managed by means of the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. Architects were 2O Arkitekter and the primary representative become Tonning & Lieng.