BACKGROUND Venues for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games

Seoul (dpa) - An overview of venues to be used to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in 2018.

Pyeongchang Mountain Cluster

Located around 180 kilometres east of Seoul in the Gangwon province. Here there is the 35,000-capacity Olympic stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies along with the television and media centres.

Olympic Sliding Centre: 7,000 capacity for luge, bobsleigh and skeleton. Newly constructed

Alpensia Biathlon Centre: 7,500 capacity, built 1998

Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre: 7,500 capacity, built 1998

Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre: 13,000 capacity, built 2009

Jongseon Alpine Centre: 6,000 capacity for alpine skiing (downhill and super-g). Newly constructed

Yongpyong Alpine Centre: 6,000 capacity for alpine skiing (giant slalom, slalom and alpine combined), snow cross and snowboard banked slalolm. Built 1998

Phoenix Snow Park: 18,000 capacity for freestyle skiing and snowboard. Built 1995

Gangneung Coastal Cluster 

Curling Centre: 3,500 capacity, built 1998  

Gangneung Hockey Centre: 10,000 capacity, newly constructed

Kwangdong Hockey Centre: 6,000 capacity, newly constructed

Gangneung Ice Arena: 12,000 capacity for figure skating and speed skating (individual events and relays). Newly constructed

Gangneung Oval: 8,000 capacity for speed skating (individual events, team pursuit, mass start. Newly constructed