BOLSHOY ICE DOME
- 43°24’16”N 39°57’00”E
Cost: $180 million
Events: Ice hockey
Did you know? The design of the "Bolshoy" Ice Dome is based on the image of a frozen droplet and will be principally silver once complete.
SHAYBA ARENA
- 43°24’08”N 39°57’07”E
Cost: $27 million
Events: Ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey competitions.
Did you know? Shayba translates to 'hockey puck' in Russian and the arena is mobile meaning that it'll be used for other Post-Olympic competitions all over Russia.
Fisht Olympic Stadium
- 43°24’08”N 39°57’22”E
Cost: $604 million
Events: The opening and closing ceremonies
Did you know? The stadium is named after Mount Fisht and the walls and roof of the stadium are made from glass designed to reflect sunlight off the Black Sea. The Stadium has also made it's way onto the Russian 100 Rouble note which was issued exactly 100 days before the games.<
Medal Plaza
- 43°24’08”N 39°57’22”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Will be used to award Olympic Medals.
Did you know? The medal winners will be permanently recorded on the steps of the Plaza. Thirteen hundred medals will be awarded at Sochi 2014, each weighing between 460 and 531 grams.
Iceberg Skating Palace
- 43°24’27”N 39°57’30”E
Cost: $44 million
Events: Figure skating and short track speed skating.
Did you know? The venue is portable and will be relocated to another Russian city to be transformed into a skating training facility after the Olympics.
Adler Arena Skating Center
- 43°24’31”N 39°57’10”E
Cost: $33 million
Events: Speed skating
Did you know? Speed skating has always featured on the Olympic programme, making its debut in 1924 at the first Winter Games in Chamonix. Women were permitted to compete at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley in four events with that rising to five in 1988 and then six in Turin eight years ago.
Ice Cube Curling Center
- 43°14’33”N 39°33’57”E
Cost: $14 million
Events: Curling
Did you know? Curling has been an Olympic sport since 1998. It was founded by the Scots in 1541.
Olympic Village
Sleeps:3,000Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Sleeping
Did you know? The second-largest housing area, the 47-building Usadba Coastal Village, will host approximately 3,000 athletes and delegates including those competing in ice hockey, curling, figure skating, speed skating and short track events.
Laura BIATHLON & SKI COMPLEX
- 43°41’33”N 40°19’31”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Cross-country skiing and Biathalon
Did you know? Laura is a turbulent mountain river with a large number of waterfalls. The name of the river is based on the legend of a young girl called Laura who chose death over living with an old prince she did not love.
RusSki Gorki Jumping Center
- 43°40’33”N 40°14’28”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined
Did you know? The Jumping Centre includes two Olympic jumps of 312 ft and 410 ft for both male and female ski jumpers. This is the first year that women have been able to compete in this event.
Sanki Sliding Center
- 43°40’01”N 40°17’19”E
Spectators: 5,000
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton
Did you know? State-of-the-art ice preparation technology ensures optimum temperature control along the entire length of the track. The word "Sanki" means harmonious in most languages.
Rosa Khutor Extreme Park
- 43°39’27”N 40°19’11”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Freestyle skiing and Snowboarding
Did you know? Currently under license by The Extreme Sports Company
Rosa Khutor Alpine Center
- 43°38’47”N 40°19’56”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Alpine Skiing
Did you know? The total length of the competition track is 20km. All the slopes were developed by Bernhard Russi, a world-renowned ski slope architect from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Jamaican Bobsleigh team
After qualifying, crowd-funding doge, Reddit and virtual currency have combined to raise approx. $93,000 to help the two man Jamaican Bobsleigh Team afford essential equipment and training costs essential for competing at Sochi 2014.Krasnaya Polyana Ski Resort
Since Russia won the Winter Olympic bid, the resort of Krasnaya Polyana has grown approx. 10x in size. The resort is now dubbed the 'Billion Dollar Ski Resort'. Situated 40km inland from the black sea, it's one of the most expensive places to ski in the whole of Russia.Adler City
Adler is a popular holiday resort, situated on Russia's Black Sea coast line. Although Adler is part of Sochi, it is actually 22km south of Sochi's city centre. Among the natural wonders of the district is the Akhshtyr Gorge with a 160-meter-long cave which contains traces of human habitation about 30,000 years ago.Sochi Airport
The original airfield was constructed to protect Russia's Black Sea coast during World War II. Huge renovations have taken place for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Sochi airport accommodates 32 airlines and fly's to over 73 destinations worldwide.Media Centre
The BBC promises "the most complete digital coverage of a Winter Olympic Games to date". It will cover over 200 hours of network TV coverage, including 650 hours of live action via six HD streams. The cost of covering the Games is expected to be a third of the £66 million the BBC spent covering the London event.Gay Russia
In June 2013, Russia passed a law banning the promotion of "non-traditional" sexuality to under-18s - widely seen as an attack on gay rights. The Mayor of Sochi has stated he does not want any Gay Olympians to act "inappropriately" in Sochi.Putin's Palace
Constructed in 2005 for an estimated $1 billion, Putins Palace is located on the Black Sea coast, North of Sochi. It's said to be one of Mr Putin's "favourite places". The exact location of the palace is not marked on maps for security reasons.Underwater Machine Guns
Russian military have unveiled the world's first underwater machine gun just in time for Sochi 2014. It not only works under water but also on land, oh and it is also equipped with a grenade launcher. It has been named the ADS 5.45mm automatic.Transportation links
New transport links (rail and motorway) from the coast to the mountains cost approx. $8.7 billion, more expensive than the total cost of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Russian Esquire magazine estimated that, for that sum, the road could have been covered with a 1cm-deep coating of caviar.Olympic Torch in space
The Olympic torch boldly went where no torch has gone before - into space. Two Russian cosmonauts took the Olympic torch to the International Space Station and went on a space walk.Bjorn Daehlie
The Norwegian cross-country skier Bjorn Daehile is the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time with 8 gold and 4 silver medals.The cost of Sochi 2014
The cost of building new facilities and transport routes has been reported to reach an unprecedented $51 billion. That makes the Sochi Winter Olympics the most expensive Olympics ever and more costly than the last 21 Winter Games combined.Abkhazia
Sochi is also bordered by the disputed territory of Abkhazia, less than 10 miles to the south, which has seen extremist violence since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.Naval ships
The US military have positioned two naval ships in the Black Se a to support Russia in any possible terrorist attacks on the games.
BOLSHOY ICE DOME
- 43°24’16”N 39°57’00”E
Cost: $180 million
Events: Ice hockey
Did you know? The design of the "Bolshoy" Ice Dome is based on the image of a frozen droplet and will be principally silver once complete.
SHAYBA ARENA
- 43°24’08”N 39°57’07”E
Cost: $27 million
Events: Ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey competitions.
Did you know? Shayba translates to 'hockey puck' in Russian and the arena is mobile meaning that it'll be used for other Post-Olympic competitions all over Russia.
Fisht Olympic Stadium
- 43°24’08”N 39°57’22”E
Cost: $604 million
Events: The opening and closing ceremonies
Did you know? The stadium is named after Mount Fisht and the walls and roof of the stadium are made from glass designed to reflect sunlight off the Black Sea. The Stadium has also made it's way onto the Russian 100 Rouble note which was issued exactly 100 days before the games.<
Medal Plaza
- 43°24’08”N 39°57’22”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Will be used to award Olympic Medals.
Did you know? The medal winners will be permanently recorded on the steps of the Plaza. Thirteen hundred medals will be awarded at Sochi 2014, each weighing between 460 and 531 grams.
Iceberg Skating Palace
- 43°24’27”N 39°57’30”E
Cost: $44 million
Events: Figure skating and short track speed skating.
Did you know? The venue is portable and will be relocated to another Russian city to be transformed into a skating training facility after the Olympics.
Adler Arena Skating Center
- 43°24’31”N 39°57’10”E
Cost: $33 million
Events: Speed skating
Did you know? Speed skating has always featured on the Olympic programme, making its debut in 1924 at the first Winter Games in Chamonix. Women were permitted to compete at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley in four events with that rising to five in 1988 and then six in Turin eight years ago.
Ice Cube Curling Center
- 43°14’33”N 39°33’57”E
Cost: $14 million
Events: Curling
Did you know? Curling has been an Olympic sport since 1998. It was founded by the Scots in 1541.
Olympic Village
Sleeps:3,000Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Sleeping
Did you know? The second-largest housing area, the 47-building Usadba Coastal Village, will host approximately 3,000 athletes and delegates including those competing in ice hockey, curling, figure skating, speed skating and short track events.
Laura BIATHLON & SKI COMPLEX
- 43°41’33”N 40°19’31”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Cross-country skiing and Biathalon
Did you know? Laura is a turbulent mountain river with a large number of waterfalls. The name of the river is based on the legend of a young girl called Laura who chose death over living with an old prince she did not love.
RusSki Gorki Jumping Center
- 43°40’33”N 40°14’28”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined
Did you know? The Jumping Centre includes two Olympic jumps of 312 ft and 410 ft for both male and female ski jumpers. This is the first year that women have been able to compete in this event.
Sanki Sliding Center
- 43°40’01”N 40°17’19”E
Spectators: 5,000
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton
Did you know? State-of-the-art ice preparation technology ensures optimum temperature control along the entire length of the track. The word "Sanki" means harmonious in most languages.
Rosa Khutor Extreme Park
- 43°39’27”N 40°19’11”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Freestyle skiing and Snowboarding
Did you know? Currently under license by The Extreme Sports Company
Rosa Khutor Alpine Center
- 43°38’47”N 40°19’56”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Alpine Skiing
Did you know? The total length of the competition track is 20km. All the slopes were developed by Bernhard Russi, a world-renowned ski slope architect from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Jamaican Bobsleigh team
After qualifying, crowd-funding doge, Reddit and virtual currency have combined to raise approx. $93,000 to help the two man Jamaican Bobsleigh Team afford essential equipment and training costs essential for competing at Sochi 2014.Krasnaya Polyana Ski Resort
Since Russia won the Winter Olympic bid, the resort of Krasnaya Polyana has grown approx. 10x in size. The resort is now dubbed the 'Billion Dollar Ski Resort'. Situated 40km inland from the black sea, it's one of the most expensive places to ski in the whole of Russia.Adler City
Adler is a popular holiday resort, situated on Russia's Black Sea coast line. Although Adler is part of Sochi, it is actually 22km south of Sochi's city centre. Among the natural wonders of the district is the Akhshtyr Gorge with a 160-meter-long cave which contains traces of human habitation about 30,000 years ago.Sochi Airport
The original airfield was constructed to protect Russia's Black Sea coast during World War II. Huge renovations have taken place for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Sochi airport accommodates 32 airlines and fly's to over 73 destinations worldwide.Media Centre
The BBC promises "the most complete digital coverage of a Winter Olympic Games to date". It will cover over 200 hours of network TV coverage, including 650 hours of live action via six HD streams. The cost of covering the Games is expected to be a third of the £66 million the BBC spent covering the London event.Gay Russia
In June 2013, Russia passed a law banning the promotion of "non-traditional" sexuality to under-18s - widely seen as an attack on gay rights. The Mayor of Sochi has stated he does not want any Gay Olympians to act "inappropriately" in Sochi.Putin's Palace
Constructed in 2005 for an estimated $1 billion, Putins Palace is located on the Black Sea coast, North of Sochi. It's said to be one of Mr Putin's "favourite places". The exact location of the palace is not marked on maps for security reasons.Underwater Machine Guns
Russian military have unveiled the world's first underwater machine gun just in time for Sochi 2014. It not only works under water but also on land, oh and it is also equipped with a grenade launcher. It has been named the ADS 5.45mm automatic.Transportation links
New transport links (rail and motorway) from the coast to the mountains cost approx. $8.7 billion, more expensive than the total cost of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Russian Esquire magazine estimated that, for that sum, the road could have been covered with a 1cm-deep coating of caviar.Olympic Torch in space
The Olympic torch boldly went where no torch has gone before - into space. Two Russian cosmonauts took the Olympic torch to the International Space Station and went on a space walk.Bjorn Daehlie
The Norwegian cross-country skier Bjorn Daehile is the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time with 8 gold and 4 silver medals.The cost of Sochi 2014
The cost of building new facilities and transport routes has been reported to reach an unprecedented $51 billion. That makes the Sochi Winter Olympics the most expensive Olympics ever and more costly than the last 21 Winter Games combined.Abkhazia
Sochi is also bordered by the disputed territory of Abkhazia, less than 10 miles to the south, which has seen extremist violence since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.Naval ships
The US military have positioned two naval ships in the Black Se a to support Russia in any possible terrorist attacks on the games.
BOLSHOY ICE DOME
- 43°24’16”N 39°57’00”E
Cost: $180 million
Events: Ice hockey
Did you know? The design of the "Bolshoy" Ice Dome is based on the image of a frozen droplet and will be principally silver once complete.
SHAYBA ARENA
- 43°24’08”N 39°57’07”E
Cost: $27 million
Events: Ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey competitions.
Did you know? Shayba translates to 'hockey puck' in Russian and the arena is mobile meaning that it'll be used for other Post-Olympic competitions all over Russia.
Fisht Olympic Stadium
- 43°24’08”N 39°57’22”E
Cost: $604 million
Events: The opening and closing ceremonies
Did you know? The stadium is named after Mount Fisht and the walls and roof of the stadium are made from glass designed to reflect sunlight off the Black Sea. The Stadium has also made it's way onto the Russian 100 Rouble note which was issued exactly 100 days before the games.<
Medal Plaza
- 43°24’08”N 39°57’22”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Will be used to award Olympic Medals.
Did you know? The medal winners will be permanently recorded on the steps of the Plaza. Thirteen hundred medals will be awarded at Sochi 2014, each weighing between 460 and 531 grams.
Iceberg Skating Palace
- 43°24’27”N 39°57’30”E
Cost: $44 million
Events: Figure skating and short track speed skating.
Did you know? The venue is portable and will be relocated to another Russian city to be transformed into a skating training facility after the Olympics.
Adler Arena Skating Center
- 43°24’31”N 39°57’10”E
Cost: $33 million
Events: Speed skating
Did you know? Speed skating has always featured on the Olympic programme, making its debut in 1924 at the first Winter Games in Chamonix. Women were permitted to compete at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley in four events with that rising to five in 1988 and then six in Turin eight years ago.
Ice Cube Curling Center
- 43°14’33”N 39°33’57”E
Cost: $14 million
Events: Curling
Did you know? Curling has been an Olympic sport since 1998. It was founded by the Scots in 1541.
Olympic Village
Sleeps:3,000Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Sleeping
Did you know? The second-largest housing area, the 47-building Usadba Coastal Village, will host approximately 3,000 athletes and delegates including those competing in ice hockey, curling, figure skating, speed skating and short track events.
Laura BIATHLON & SKI COMPLEX
- 43°41’33”N 40°19’31”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Cross-country skiing and Biathalon
Did you know? Laura is a turbulent mountain river with a large number of waterfalls. The name of the river is based on the legend of a young girl called Laura who chose death over living with an old prince she did not love.
RusSki Gorki Jumping Center
- 43°40’33”N 40°14’28”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined
Did you know? The Jumping Centre includes two Olympic jumps of 312 ft and 410 ft for both male and female ski jumpers. This is the first year that women have been able to compete in this event.
Sanki Sliding Center
- 43°40’01”N 40°17’19”E
Spectators: 5,000
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton
Did you know? State-of-the-art ice preparation technology ensures optimum temperature control along the entire length of the track. The word "Sanki" means harmonious in most languages.
Rosa Khutor Extreme Park
- 43°39’27”N 40°19’11”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Freestyle skiing and Snowboarding
Did you know? Currently under license by The Extreme Sports Company
Rosa Khutor Alpine Center
- 43°38’47”N 40°19’56”E
Cost: Undisclosed
Events: Alpine Skiing
Did you know? The total length of the competition track is 20km. All the slopes were developed by Bernhard Russi, a world-renowned ski slope architect from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Jamaican Bobsleigh team
After qualifying, crowd-funding doge, Reddit and virtual currency have combined to raise approx. $93,000 to help the two man Jamaican Bobsleigh Team afford essential equipment and training costs essential for competing at Sochi 2014.Krasnaya Polyana Ski Resort
Since Russia won the Winter Olympic bid, the resort of Krasnaya Polyana has grown approx. 10x in size. The resort is now dubbed the 'Billion Dollar Ski Resort'. Situated 40km inland from the black sea, it's one of the most expensive places to ski in the whole of Russia.Adler City
Adler is a popular holiday resort, situated on Russia's Black Sea coast line. Although Adler is part of Sochi, it is actually 22km south of Sochi's city centre. Among the natural wonders of the district is the Akhshtyr Gorge with a 160-meter-long cave which contains traces of human habitation about 30,000 years ago.Sochi Airport
The original airfield was constructed to protect Russia's Black Sea coast during World War II. Huge renovations have taken place for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Sochi airport accommodates 32 airlines and fly's to over 73 destinations worldwide.Media Centre
The BBC promises "the most complete digital coverage of a Winter Olympic Games to date". It will cover over 200 hours of network TV coverage, including 650 hours of live action via six HD streams. The cost of covering the Games is expected to be a third of the £66 million the BBC spent covering the London event.Gay Russia
In June 2013, Russia passed a law banning the promotion of "non-traditional" sexuality to under-18s - widely seen as an attack on gay rights. The Mayor of Sochi has stated he does not want any Gay Olympians to act "inappropriately" in Sochi.Putin's Palace
Constructed in 2005 for an estimated $1 billion, Putins Palace is located on the Black Sea coast, North of Sochi. It's said to be one of Mr Putin's "favourite places". The exact location of the palace is not marked on maps for security reasons.Underwater Machine Guns
Russian military have unveiled the world's first underwater machine gun just in time for Sochi 2014. It not only works under water but also on land, oh and it is also equipped with a grenade launcher. It has been named the ADS 5.45mm automatic.Transportation links
New transport links (rail and motorway) from the coast to the mountains cost approx. $8.7 billion, more expensive than the total cost of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Russian Esquire magazine estimated that, for that sum, the road could have been covered with a 1cm-deep coating of caviar.Olympic Torch in space
The Olympic torch boldly went where no torch has gone before - into space. Two Russian cosmonauts took the Olympic torch to the International Space Station and went on a space walk.Bjorn Daehlie
The Norwegian cross-country skier Bjorn Daehile is the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time with 8 gold and 4 silver medals.The cost of Sochi 2014
The cost of building new facilities and transport routes has been reported to reach an unprecedented $51 billion. That makes the Sochi Winter Olympics the most expensive Olympics ever and more costly than the last 21 Winter Games combined.Abkhazia
Sochi is also bordered by the disputed territory of Abkhazia, less than 10 miles to the south, which has seen extremist violence since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.Naval ships
The US military have positioned two naval ships in the Black Se a to support Russia in any possible terrorist attacks on the games.
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