"Lake Placid's Olympic Legacy: A Town's Unlikely Bid for Winter Games Hosting Rights Again Lake Placid, a small Adirondack town in upstate New York, has a storied history with the Winter Olympics. The town hosted the Games not once, but twice - in 1932 and 1980 - with the latter being the site of one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history, the "Miracle on Ice" when the US men's hockey team stunned the heavily favored Soviet Union on home ice. Now, Lake Placid is reportedly in the running to host the Winter Games once again, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) considering its bid. But what makes Lake Placid a strong contender, and what would be required for the town to bring the Olympics back to its shores?"
Lake Placid hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980 — the year of the “Miracle on Ice” when the underdog U.S beat the Soviet Union in men’s hockey on home ice. It also spent time in the mix as an ...
