Deer Valley is an alpine ski resort in the Wasatch Range , located 36 miles (58 km) east of Salt Lake City , in Park City, Utah , United States . The resort, known for its upscale amenities, is consistently ranked among the top ski resorts in North America .
142-610: Deer Valley was one of the venues for the 2002 Winter Olympics , hosting the freestyle moguls , aerial, and alpine slalom events. It is expected to reprise these roles for the 2034 Winter Olympics . Deer Valley also regularly hosts competitions for the International Ski Federation . With a number of other large ski resorts nearby, Deer Valley competes by catering to a more upscale audience than its neighbors, offering amenities such as free ski valets, free parking shuttles, fine dining and boutique shopping in
284-536: A Blue Star Memorial Highway from border to border. US 40 enters Missouri in Kansas City along a concurrency with I-70 . It leaves I-70 at exit 7A. US 40 parallels I-70 to the north through Kansas City until exit 11, where it crosses and parallels it to the south through the suburbs of Independence , Lee's Summit , Blue Springs , and Grain Valley before it rejoins I-70 at exit 24. An older alignment carries
426-478: A charm around their neck with an original Anasazi or Fremont -style petroglyph . For the first time in Olympic history, the names of the mascots were determined by a public vote, using name suggestions submitted by local students; on September 25, the names of the mascots were officially announced as Powder, Copper, and Coal respectively. International Sports Broadcasting (ISB) served as the host broadcaster for
568-840: A concurrency with I-64 and US 61 and heads southeast, crossing the Missouri River again over the Daniel Boone Bridge in St. Charles . US 40 stays joined with I-64 and leaves the state in St. Louis on the Poplar Street Bridge across the Mississippi River , along with I-64 and I-55 . Until 1926, US 40 in Missouri was Route 2 . On January 2, 2008, five miles (8 km) of the route in St. Louis
710-487: A concurrency with I-70 . About 15 miles (24 km) later, I-70 splits off. Four miles (6.4 km)s later, it is concurrent again. Three miles (4.8 km) later, I-70 splits off again. After the second concurrency with I-70, US 40 enters Denver . The road passes through downtown Denver on Colfax Avenue , and has intersections with SH 391 , SH 121 , SH 95 , and SH 2 and an interchange with US 287 . The route through Denver also serves as
852-593: A cost overrun of 289% for Sochi 2014, the latter being the most costly Olympics to date. The average cost for Winter Games since 1960 is US$ 3.1 billion, average cost overrun is 142%. The 2002 Winter Games were the first Olympic Games to take place since the September 11 attacks , which meant a higher level of security than ever before provided for the Games. As a result, the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) designated
994-545: A former alignment of US 40. The road continues to the northeast beyond Harmony, passing many unincorporated places such as Reelsville , Pleasant Gardens , Manhattan , Putnamville , Mount Meridian , Stilesville and Belleville along the way to Plainfield , a suburb of Indianapolis . In Plainfield, US 40 is Main Street and passes The Shops at Perry Crossing and a nostalgic stainless steel diner. Upon leaving Plainfield, US 40 becomes Washington Street , where it passes by
1136-459: A grip failure on a similar-model lift at Whistler-Blackcomb , a process which involved giving the lift new terminals, chairs, and grips, but retaining the original lift's Yan towers. The Wasatch triple was replaced with a high speed quad in that same year, while being reinstalled the following year on Flagstaff Mountain as the Quincy lift, creating a direct link from the base area to the summit. For
1278-526: A multi-year rights agreement between NBC and the IOC, under which it would hold exclusive rights to all Olympic Games from 1996 through 2008 . The contract had excluded the 1998 Winter Olympics, as CBS Sports had an existing deal to exclusively televise the Winter Olympics from 1992 through 1998. NBC partnered with HDNet to produce an eight-hour block of daily coverage in high definition , which
1420-591: A new base area directly off US Highway 40 . Concurrently, the resort also expanded west from Flagstaff Mountain into Empire Canyon, bringing the resort's boundary up against the boundary to Park City Mountain Resort . A high speed quad, the Empire Express, was built to service new intermediate and expert terrain, while a fixed grip quad known as Ruby was built to provide egress back to Flagstaff Mountain. Deer Valley built many new lifts on its existing terrain in
1562-665: A series of twelve statues across the U.S. that memorialize women pioneers who made the trek to settle the western U.S. In 1968, a section of US 40 (Main Street) in Richmond was destroyed by a massive gas explosion. This caused a section of Main Street to be closed to automobile traffic, and US 40 was rerouted along North A Street (westbound) and South A Street (eastbound). Near the Indiana/Ohio border, US 40 crosses I-70 at exit 156B before entering Ohio. US 40 enters Ohio just to
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#17327722150451704-705: A short distance between Pulaski Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Through this area, an alignment called " Truck US 40 " diverts larger vehicles onto an alternate route. US 40 passes through the Mount Vernon neighborhood and a few blocks from Baltimore's Washington Monument . After crossing the Jones Falls Expressway ( I-83 ), US 40 follows Orleans Street, and finally becomes the Pulaski Highway as it leaves Baltimore to
1846-802: A state referendum that authorized the use of taxpayer money to publicly fund the construction of new facilities for a Winter Olympics bid in 1998 or 2002. Their construction was overseen by the Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee and the Utah Sports Authority—a body created under the referendum. New facilities built for the Games included the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns , Utah Olympic Park in Summit County , The Ice Sheet at Ogden , and Soldier Hollow at
1988-563: A state-licensed child-care facility, and to uniform all its employees. It also provides tissues in the lift lines, refers to customers as "guests", and provides complimentary overnight ski check services. During the 2002 games Deer Valley hosted the freestyle moguls and aerials , and alpine men's and women's slalom events. Three of the resort's runs were used during the games including Champion (site of freestyle moguls), Know You Don't (site of alpine slalom), and White Owl (site of freestyle aerials). Temporary spectator stadiums were located at
2130-406: A stylized snowflake with segments colored in blue, orange, and yellow. The emblem was designed to resemble an Olympic cauldron and flame, as well as a sun rising from behind mountains. The orange center section of the flame was intended to reflect traditional Navajo weaving . The official event pictograms were inspired by branding irons , and the line thickness and 30-degree angles mirrored those of
2272-569: A surplus of $ 40 million. The surplus was used to create the Utah Athletic Foundation, which maintains and operates many of the remaining Olympic venues. The Oxford Olympics Study established the outturn cost of the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics at US$ 2.5 billion in 2015-dollars and cost overrun at 24% in real terms. This includes sports-related costs only, that is, (i) operational costs incurred by
2414-513: A way for the public to see presentations that would have otherwise taken place at far-flung, low-capacity or high-altitude venues and to have an evening program that often included musical performances. Several medal records were set and/or tied, including: All of the above records were broken at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. The closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics was held on February 24, 2002, at Rice–Eccles Stadium. It
2556-491: Is an intersection with Colorado State Highway 64 . After passing Dinosaur, there are no more major intersections until US 40 reaches Maybell , as it meets with Colorado State Highway 318 . 30 miles later, the road enters Craig . In Craig, US 40 starts a very short concurrency with State Highway 13 (SR 13). After Craig, SH 13 splits off. The road then passes through Hayden without major intersections. Then it exits Hayden and enters Steamboat Springs . There
2698-403: Is an intersection with SH 131 and SH 14 . US 40 then continues southeast into Kremmling . In Kremmling, there is an intersection with SH 134 and SH 9 . It then exits Kremmling and enters Granby . There is an intersection with US 34 . The road then passes Fraser and Winter Park without major intersections. About 26 miles (42 km) later, US 40 starts
2840-588: Is designated "Staff Sergeant Wesley Williams Memorial Highway", in honor of a 2005 Tecumseh High School graduate who died on December 10, 2012, while serving in the U.S. Army , from injuries suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province , Afghanistan . In Springfield, US 40 is split between two one-way streets. North Street carries US 40 West and Columbia Street carries US 40 East. The route then shifts on to East Main Street before leaving town to
2982-466: Is difficult to quantify the impact of the 2002 Olympics on the unemployment rates in Utah, due mostly to the effect of the early 2000s recession . In 1996, the unemployment rate in Utah was approximately 3.4%, while the U.S. national average was 5.4% and by the end of 2001, the unemployment rate in Utah was around 4.8%, while the national average had risen to 5.7%. There was a high percentage of visitors to
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#17327722150453124-629: Is known by various local names including Washington Street, Main Street, and National Road. Note: Just east of Knightstown, cross the Big Blue River, on the right is part of the old National Road. This section is about 4.3 miles long and rejoins US 40 in Dunreith. US 40's last stop in Indiana is the city of Richmond . In Richmond, it passes a statue known as Madonna of the Trail , one of
3266-693: Is only 16 miles (26 km) long as it passes through West Virginia, mainly through Wheeling , where it briefly runs concurrent with both I-70 and US Route 250 . It diverges from I-70 east of the Fort Henry Bridge and into the northern section on the downtown Wheeling area, where it meets with the Wheeling Suspension Bridge , which was the former link for the National Road. It then turns twice left and passes over I-70 and Wheeling Hill, past McColloch's Leap , and into
3408-666: Is routed on Main Street. In the Columbus metropolitan area, US 40 enters from the west as Broad Street. Among the sites along US 40 in Columbus are the Ohio Statehouse , the Columbus Museum of Art , and LeVeque Tower , the oldest skyscraper in Columbus. In Bexley , the route follows Main Street, using Drexel Avenue to get between Broad and Main. US 40 continues as Main Street through Reynoldsburg before leaving
3550-567: Is signed as "Business US 40." Southeast of Uniontown, travellers pass the Fort Necessity National Battlefield . It follows Braddock Road southeast of Uniontown, crossing the Youghiogheny River Lake on a bridge completed in 2006. US 40 leaves Pennsylvania near Addison US 40 enters Maryland from Pennsylvania near Grantsville in the western part of the state . Here, and through most of
3692-633: Is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Deer Valley has a humid continental climate , abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. Terrain Aspects: North 45%, South 2%, East 45%, West 8%. [REDACTED] Media related to Deer Valley at Wikimedia Commons 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics , officially
3834-786: The Black Horse Pike in New Jersey, part of the Oregon Trail in Kansas, and the Lincoln Highway throughout most of California . The western terminus of US 40 is in Silver Summit, Utah at an interchange with Interstate 80 , several miles north of Park City, at Silver Creek Junction. The road is concurrent with US 189 until it has reached Heber City . US 40 is a limited access highway from
3976-932: The Delaware Memorial Bridge to cross the Delaware River into New Jersey. US 40 enters New Jersey in Deepwater, New Jersey along with I-295. US 40 briefly joins the New Jersey Turnpike , and exits to the north of the toll booths . The route follows Wiley Road, parallel to the Turnpike, before joining Harding Highway in Carneys Point . US 40 is known as the Harding Highway through most of South Jersey . Northeast of it convergence with US 40, Harding Highway carries
4118-950: The Indianapolis Zoo , the Indiana State Museum , the Eiteljorg Museum , Victory Field , the Lucas Oil Stadium , and the Indiana Statehouse .) Along the eastern edge of Indianapolis, US 40 leaves I-465 at Exit 46 and is once again routed onto Washington Street. East of Indianapolis, US 40 enters Cumberland where it takes the name National Road. Paralleling I-70 at a distance of about 3.5 miles (5.6 km), US 40 continues eastward across Indiana, passing through such communities as Greenfield , Knightstown , Lewisville , Straughn , Dublin , Mount Auburn , and Cambridge City , where it
4260-635: The Mountain States to the Mid-Atlantic States . As with most routes whose numbers end in a zero, US 40 once traversed the entire United States. It is one of the first U.S. Highways created in 1926 and its original termini were in San Francisco, California , and Atlantic City, New Jersey . US 40 currently ends at a junction with I-80 in Silver Summit, Utah , just outside Salt Lake City . West of this point US 40
4402-759: The National Road and the Victory Highway . The National Road was created in 1806 by an act of Congress to serve as the first federally funded highway construction project. When completed it connected Cumberland, Maryland , with Vandalia, Illinois . The Victory Highway was designated as a memorial to World War I veterans and ran from Kansas City, Missouri to San Francisco. Other important roads that have become part of US 40 include Zane's Trace in Ohio, Braddock Road in Maryland and Pennsylvania, part of
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4544-504: The National Road , one of the earliest roads upon which US 40 was designated. From Vandalia, the road continues to the northeast passing through the early German settlement town of Teutopolis and several city streets in Effingham . Beyond Effingham, US 40 passes through many small unincorporated towns before leaving the state near Marshall . US 40 enters Indiana from the west at unincorporated Liggett along with I-70. US 40 leaves
4686-666: The Pacific Northwest . Between 1850 and 1852, some 65,000–70,000 people traveled the trail. In 1806, Thomas Jefferson signed into law an act of Congress establishing a National Road to connect the waters of the Atlantic Ocean with the Ohio River . The law mentions Baltimore as its eastern terminus; but the route used established Maryland turnpikes east of Cumberland. A new road was constructed from Cumberland to Wheeling, West Virginia, and later extended across
4828-718: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey , the New York City Police Department , and firefighters from the New York City Fire Department , joined by athletes nominated by fellow members of the U.S. team. The flag was presented during the playing of the U.S. national anthem " The Star-Spangled Banner ", as performed by the Tabernacle Choir . The Olympic cauldron was designed to look like an icicle and
4970-673: The Route ;48 designation, although this was once part of US 40 as well. US 40 enters the borough of Woodstown as a concurrency with Route 45 along West Avenue; it leaves town heading southeast. In Upper Pittsgrove Township , the road changes names to the Pole Tavern-Elmer Road. Passing through Elmer it becomes Chestnut Street and then the Elmer-Malaga Road. In Malaga , it runs concurrent with Route 47 (Delsea Drive). The route bypasses
5112-748: The University of Utah hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. The Olympic Village was built at historic Fort Douglas , whose land had been acquired by the University of Utah to construct new residences. The SLOC provided funding to the project in exchange for its use during the Olympics. Main Street in Park City was converted into a pedestrian plaza during the Games, with festivities such as concerts, firework shows, and sponsor presences. Medal presentations took place in downtown Salt Lake City;
5254-735: The Wasatch Mountain State Park —the furthest competition venue from Salt Lake City. The E Center in West Valley City and the Peaks Ice Arena in Provo were also built with support from the SLOC, and co-hosted hockey. Delta Center hosted figure skating and short track speed skating; it was renamed Salt Lake Ice Center for the duration of the Games due to IOC sponsorship rules. Rice-Eccles Stadium at
5396-538: The XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( Arapaho : Niico'ooowu' 2002 ; Gosiute Shoshoni : Tit'-so-pi 2002 ; Navajo : Sooléí 2002 ; Shoshoni : Soónkahni 2002 ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from February 8 to 24, 2002, in and around Salt Lake City , Utah , United States. Salt Lake City was selected as the host city in June 1995 at
5538-439: The business loop for I-70 . East of Denver, US 40 passes through Aurora and becomes concurrent with I-70 once again. Seventy miles (110 km) later, it enters Limon . In Limon, I-70 splits off, however the road is still concurrent with US 287. There is an intersection with SH 71 . US 40 then passes Hugo without major intersections. In Wild Horse , it meets SH 94 . About 20 miles (32 km) later,
5680-409: The "best ever", IOC president Jacques Rogge began a tradition of assigning each Games their own identity in his comments, describing the 2002 Winter Olympics as having been "flawless". Italian singers Irene Grandi and Elisa performed during the cultural presentation by Turin , host city of the 2006 Winter Olympics , while Josh Groban and Charlotte Church performed a duet of " The Prayer " as
5822-494: The 104th IOC Session in Budapest , Hungary. Salt Lake City had previously come in second during the bids for the 1998 Winter Olympics , awarded to Nagano , Japan, and had offered to be the provisional host of the 1976 Winter Olympics when the original host, Denver, Colorado , withdrew. The 1976 Winter Olympics were ultimately awarded to Innsbruck , Austria. There was a scandal involving allegations of bribery used to win
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5964-582: The 104th IOC Session . They were the eighth Olympics to be hosted by the United States, and the most recent to be held in the country until 2028, when Los Angeles will host the 34th Summer Olympics . The 2002 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were both organized by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC), the first time that both events were organized by a single committee, and inspiring other Olympic and Paralympic Games to be organized by such since then. The Games featured 2,399 athletes from 78 nations, participating in 78 events in 15 disciplines. Norway topped
6106-429: The 18th century. Zane's Trace , as his road was called, stretched from Wheeling, West Virginia , to Maysville, Kentucky . With some minor alignment differences, US 40 closely matches the segment from Wheeling to Zanesville. Between the cities of Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas , US 40 follows the path of the Oregon Trail . During the 19th century, the Oregon Trail served as a major thoroughfare for people emigrating to
6248-403: The 1998–99 season, Deer Valley underwent a major expansion, adding two more mountains. The first expansion was onto Little Baldy Peak, located northeast of Snow Park. Little Baldy Peak was serviced by a fixed grip quad, Deer Crest, servicing a mix of beginner, intermediate, and expert terrain. This expansion also included a gondola, the Jordanelle Express Gondola, providing access to the resort from
6390-423: The 2002 Winter Olympics; the Salt Palace convention center served as the International Broadcast Centre and press center for the Games. The IOC estimated that the 2002 Winter Olympics were viewed by over two billion people worldwide, with 13 billion viewer-hours watched. In the United States, the 2002 Winter Olympics were broadcast by NBC Universal networks . They were the first Winter Olympics under
6532-416: The Baltimore National Pike alignment. US 40 Alt heads southeast on the Old National Pike alignment through Boonsboro , crossing South Mountain at Turner's Gap . The two routes converge just west of Frederick. In Frederick , US 40 uses Patrick Street before merging onto the US 15 expressway for a short distance. It leaves US 15 and rejoins I-70 on the outskirts of Frederick. MD 144 once again takes over
6674-448: The Carpenter triple on Bald Eagle Mountain. That same year, the resort expanded onto Flagstaff Mountain with Yan building two triple chairlifts: Red Cloud for lapping the new intermediate and advanced trails, and Viking to provide egress from the area. The Crown Point triple was also built to create a direct route back to Snow Park from Bald Mountain. In 1993, Deer Valley added its second high speed quad and first from Garaventa CTEC with
6816-421: The Columbus area as National Road yet again. East of the Columbus metro area, US 40 parallels I-70 at a distance of about 1-mile (2 km), passing through several small towns, including Kirkersville , and Hebron . In Zanesville , the road becomes Main Street, and at the center of town US 40 begins a concurrency with US 22 that carries it to Cambridge . US 40 crosses the Muskingum River in Zanesville on
6958-425: The Games by the Seven Network in Australia featured The Ice Dream , a comedy miniseries presented by the double act of Roy and HG as a follow-up to The Dream —their series for the 2000 Summer Olympics . The series featured a running gag of the duo proposing an Australian bid to hold the 2010 Winter Olympics in Smiggin Holes, New South Wales . The 2002 Winter Olympics brought a huge amount of success to
7100-467: The Games from an official box), while the Olympic cauldron was lit by members of the gold medal-winning U.S. men's ice hockey team from the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York (as made famous by the " Miracle on Ice "). In an acknowledgment of the September 11 attacks , the ceremony opened with the entrance of a damaged American flag recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center , carried by an honor guard of police officers from
7242-546: The Games was the Utah Olympic Park , which has proven to be one of the most successful venues to date because it has been maintained in top competition form. Owing to the routine maintenance of the park, Utah has been able to host a large number of winter competitions since 2002, including more than 60 World Cup events (e.g. the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup ), as well as seven world championships, and various other sporting events. Hosting these high-profile competitions has resulted in approximately $ 1 billion being injected into
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#17327722150457384-401: The Games, which raised the number of tourists whose consumption and demand prompted the establishment of job opportunities to meet the demands. US Highway 40 U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 ( US 40 ), also known as the Main Street of America (a nickname shared with U.S. Route 66 ), is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from
7526-418: The Games. After arriving, passengers then embarked to Soldier Hollow on horse-drawn sleighs . The opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics was held at Rice–Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah on February 8, 2002. The facility was renovated and expanded for the Games. The Games were officially opened by President George W. Bush , who was standing among the US athletes (previous heads of state opened
7668-424: The Games. Five NOCs made their Winter Olympic debut in Salt Lake, including Cameroon, Hong Kong, Nepal, Tajikistan, and Thailand. Costa Rica and Lebanon returned to the Winter games after a 10-year absence, and Fiji, Mexico and San Marino returned after 8 years. Four countries, Luxembourg, North Korea, Portugal and Uruguay which were at the 1998 Games, did not participate in 2002. 2,399 athletes from 78 NOCs In
7810-416: The Games. Indirect capital costs are not included, such as for road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or for hotel upgrades or other business investment incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The cost and cost overrun for Salt Lake City 2002 compares with costs of US$ 2.5 billion and a cost overrun of 13% for Vancouver 2010, and costs of US$ 51 billion and
7952-419: The I-80 junction to its intersection with Utah State Route 32 (SR-32), approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of Park City. From there, the road takes a generally southerly course to Heber City. In Heber City, there is an intersection with SR-113 . One mile later, US 189 splits off. There are no more major intersections until US 40 has reached Fruitland , as it meets SR-208 . About 18 miles later,
8094-564: The Maryland-Pennsylvania area, followed similar alignments to US 40. Early American colonists established roads, some following the established Native American paths, that would later serve as US 40. These included a segment of post road between Wilmington, Delaware , and Baltimore, Maryland. In 1755, during the French and Indian Wars , General Edward Braddock blazed a trail en route to capture Fort Duquesne (modern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ). US 40 closely follows this route between Cumberland, Maryland and Uniontown, Pennsylvania . Early in
8236-488: The Mayflower ski area, which is adjacent to the resort's eastern boundary, into Deer Valley. The expansion, which is planned to open for the winter season of 2025-2026, will see the resort's skiable area more than double as the resort's terrain spreads across ten mountains. The expanded Deer Valley will host 238 ski runs in total, an increase from the current 103. Deer Valley was one of the first resorts to offer ski valets to carry guests' ski gear, free parking-lot shuttles, and
8378-413: The Olympic cauldron was extinguished. The overall branding of the 2002 Winter Olympics was based on a concept entitled "Land of Contrast — Fire and Ice", which featured a palette of warm and cool colors to contrast the warmer, rugged, red-rock areas of Southern Utah from the colder, mountainous regions of Northern Utah. The emblem for the 2002 Winter Olympics was unveiled in August 1997, consisting of
8520-402: The Olympics a National Special Security Event (NSSE). Aerial surveillance and radar control was provided by the U.S. Marines of Marine Air Control Squadron 2, Detachment C, from Cherry Point, North Carolina . The FBI and NSA arranged with Qwest Communications to use intercept equipment for a period of less than six months around the time of the 2002 Winter Olympics. When he spoke during
8662-452: The Olympics: A Comparison of the Games 1972–2008 argues that "The export of the 'Olympic Games' service results in an inflow of funds to the host city, causing additional production which, in its turn, leads to employment and income effects." According to the study "2002 Olympic Winter Games, Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Impacts", the estimated creation of new job years of employment was 35,424, and additional earnings of $ 1,544,203,000. It
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#17327722150458804-472: The Park City Winter Carnivals of the 1930s, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the first ski trails and other facilities during the winter of 1936–1937. The first ski lifts appeared in 1946, when local residents Robert Emmett Burns, Sr. and Otto Carpenter constructed them, largely from nearby lodgepole pines . The ski area was called the Snow Park Ski Area , a name which endured from 1946 to 1969. In 1981 Edgar Stern founded Deer Valley Resort in
8946-419: The Ruby lift was relocated to Brighton Ski Resort and used to replace that resort's Majestic lift. Also in 2004, an additional triple chairlift, Judge, was built to supplement Viking in moving guests from Flagstaff Mountain to the Silver Lake base. Following the upgrades on Flagstaff Mountain, the resort moved to upgrading the lifts on Bald Mountain, with the new lifts being supplied by Doppelmayr CTEC. Sultan
9088-408: The U.S. leg of the relay. The route of the relay covered 13,500 miles (21,700 km), passed through 300 communities and 46 U.S. states, and was carried by 12,012 torchbearers. The torch was modeled after an icicle, with a slight curve to represent speed and fluidity. The torch measures 33 inches (84 cm) long, 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide at the top, 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) at the bottom, and
9230-411: The Utah skiing industry. Since hosting the Winter Games, Utah has seen a 42% increase in skier and snowboarder visits as of 2010 –11. This increase resulted in direct expenditures from skiers and snowboarders growing 67% from $ 704 million in 2002–2003 to $ 1.2 billion in 2010–2011. Fourteen venues were constructed or expanded in preparation for the Winter Games. One of the venues constructed for
9372-523: The Wheeling suburbs. It intersects WV Route 88 halfway through this leg of US 40, and the southbound leg of WV 88 runs concurrent with US 40 at this point until it reaches Elm Grove , where US 40 turns left and heads into Tridelphia and Valley Grove before reaching the Pennsylvania state line. US 40 enters Pennsylvania at West Alexander . It closely parallels I-70 from West Virginia until it reaches Washington where it follows Chestnut St, Jefferson Avenue and Maiden Street. In Washington, US 40 passes to
9514-522: The Winter Olympic program for the first time since 1948 , while a women's doubles event was contested for the first time in bobsleigh. A fourth distance was introduced in short track speed skating for men and women, and the pursuit events were added to biathlon and cross-country skiing. The sprint event was also added to the Nordic combined program. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline. A total of 78 teams qualified at least one athlete to compete in
9656-434: The apparent intention of twinning them as a divided highway with access limited to intersections. I-70 uses none of those old bypasses that remain as sections of US 40. The westernmost portion of the historic National Road lies on most of the US 40 alignment in Illinois. US 40 crosses into Illinois at East St. Louis on the Poplar Street Bridge concurrent with I-55 / I-64 . The route has a close relationship with I-70 for
9798-445: The city center. (Previously, the highway did not join with I-465 but continued along Washington Street, where it entered Indianapolis proper near Eagle Creek, a tributary of the White River . In downtown Indianapolis, the old highway crossed White River on a bridge that is now pedestrian-only and part of White River State Park and north of the current Indianapolis Zoo . The new alignment diverts at White River Parkway W. Drive and rejoins
9940-577: The city of Vineland to the northeast, and becomes Cape May Avenue in Hamilton Township , where it crosses Route 50 in Mays Landing . US 40 merges with US 322 and the Black Horse Pike in McKee City . The two routes enter Atlantic City along Albany Avenue and pass the Atlantic City Airport . US 40 and US 322 both reach their eastern terminus at the intersection of Albany Avenue and Ventnor Avenue. US 40's history can be traced back several centuries. Several well established Native American footpaths, including Nemacolin's Path and Mingo Path in
10082-401: The concurrency ends. After that, there are no more major intersections until US 40 reaches Naples , as it meets SR-45 . About nine miles (14 km) later, US 40 enters Jensen . In Jensen, there is an intersection with SR-149 . About 18 miles (29 km) later, the road enters Colorado . US 40 enters Colorado , 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Dinosaur . In Dinosaur, there
10224-708: The course of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Potomac River for several miles before US 40 leaves the Interstate at exit 9. US 40 passes directly through the center of Hagerstown using Washington Avenue (eastbound) and Franklin Street (westbound). Here, it intersects I-81 and has an intersection with US 11 . Heading southeast out of Hagerstown, US 40 diverges into two separate routes, US 40 and US 40 Alt. US 40 parallels I-70, its longtime travel partner, crossing it at exit 32 near Greenbrier State Park on
10366-651: The designation "Old US 40". US 40 stays with I-70 until it reaches Boonville , where it leaves at exit 101, along with Business Loop 70. Both designations follow Ashley Road, before US 40 leaves and heads north along Main Street. After crossing the Missouri River in Boonville, US 40 turns east before rejoining I-70 again at exit 121 on the outskirts of Columbia . The two routes remain concurrent until exit 210A in Wentzville . From Wentzville, US 40 now joins
10508-1080: The early 2000s. In 1999, the Homestake triple was replaced by a fixed grip quad, and the old triple was moved to Empire Canyon the following year to become Little Chief, creating a small learning area that would be eliminated in 2009 with the lift's removal. In 2000, the Silver Lake Express replaced the Clipper triple to create a direct link between the Snow Park base lodge and the Silver Lake lodge at mid-mountain. Three new high speed quads were built on Flagstaff Mountain from 2001 to 2004, with Quincy being upgraded in 2001, Ruby in 2002, and an infill lift, Silver Strike, being constructed in 2004 to provide access from new real estate developments in between Northside and Quincy. The Quincy triple would go on to be reinstalled at The Canyons as Day Break, while
10650-664: The east, once again as National Road. From Tuttle Road just east of Springfield to state route 54 in South Vienna US 40 has been designated as the Deputy Matthew Yates Memorial Highway. Yates was killed inside a trailer on July 24, 2022, at Harmony Estates MHP as he responded to a report of a shooting. I-70 crosses again at unincorporated Harmony. US 40 passes just north of London where it intersects Ohio State Route 56 and US 42 before heading into West Jefferson . In West Jefferson, US 40
10792-426: The economic development of the university. In addition, it is indicated that the approximate value of media exposure through print during the Games was equated to $ 22.9 million. Mainly, this was a huge economic benefit to the university as more and more people got to know about the educational establishment, and this also boosted enrollment and future development. Holger Preuss in his book The Economics of Staging
10934-407: The emblem. The designs of the mascots of the 2002 Winter Olympics were unveiled on May 19, 1999, during an event marking 1,000 days until the opening ceremony. The mascots represent three animals native to the western United States — a snowshoe hare , coyote , and American black bear respectively, with each mascot symbolizing a character from the legends of local Native Americans, and wearing
11076-403: The end of each run, they were 12 stories tall and included seating for 10,000 people, while spectator standing areas were located along the sides of each course; the standing areas and stadium combined allowed roughly 13,300 spectators to view each event. 99.4 percent of available tickets for events at the venue were sold, which totaled 96,980 spectators witnessing competitions at the resort. During
11218-450: The exceptions of 2003 and 2004). The resort also hosted a skicross event in 2008, and is scheduled to host a World Cup event every year through 2019. Deer Valley's track record of event hosting has led it to be described as "a Mecca for freestyle skiing events". Deer Valley was ranked first overall in SKI magazine's 2017 reader resort survey. Since 1998, the resort has always been ranked in
11360-507: The famous Y-Bridge . Routes 22 and 40 enter Cambridge from the southwest along John Glenn Highway, and split in town; US 40 follows Wheeling Avenue. In Old Washington , US 40 joins I-70 at Exit 186. It leaves I-70 at exit 201 near Morristown . The two roads cross paths several times before they both leave Ohio on a pair of bridges across the Ohio River at Bridgeport . The now-decommissioned Ohio State Route 440 ran along old US 40 in places where US 40 had been shifted onto I-70. US 40
11502-409: The following calendar for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport are held. The number in each box represents the number of finals that were contested on that day. At the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, the "medal plaza" was popularized as
11644-496: The following features: a visitors' center which had a theater that showed a thrilling movie about the Olympic Games of 2002 and a "park" which had a dazzling pool and a V-shaped stone wall with the names of all the medalists of the 2002 Olympic Games. Besides, the park had 17 plates that hung on the stadium's fence celebrating the highlights of each day of the Olympics. All these features acted as tourist attraction that boosted
11786-506: The games 95 percent of Deer Valley remained open to the public for normal seasonal operations. The resort hosted the 2003 and the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships , becoming the first American venue to host twice. It also hosted the men's and women's moguls and aerials events for FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019 . Deer Valley is a regular host to FIS World Cup events, having hosted men's and women's mogul and aerial competitions yearly since 2000 (with
11928-410: The glass sides of the cauldron to keep the glass and metal cooled (so they would not crack or melt) and give the effect of melting ice. The cauldron was designed by WET Design of Los Angeles, its frame built by roller coaster manufacturer Arrow Dynamics of Clearfield, Utah , and its glass pieces created by Western Glass of Ogden, Utah . The cauldron's cost was $ 2 million, and it was unveiled to
12070-491: The higher paying jobs created by the Games, many of the vacated jobs were filled by immigrants who relocated for the better employment opportunities. Basically, the immigration rate was even larger because the employees immigrated with their families. The additional people paid diverse taxes and fees from their income, creating additional revenue on the state and local levels. Olympic related jobs in Utah started in 1996 with slight job opportunities of less than 100. However, from
12212-514: The history of the U.S., the State of Maryland established a network of turnpikes for long-distance travel. Three of these would later serve as part of US 40: the Baltimore and Havre de Grace Turnpike, the Baltimore and Frederick Turnpike, and Bank Road. Colonel Ebenezer Zane (for whom Zanesville, Ohio was named) blazed some of the first trails across the Ohio wilderness in the last years of
12354-595: The inaugural World Ski Awards , Deer Valley won the award for best ski resort in the United States for 2013. The resort continued to be ranked first for 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Deer Valley's Mariposa at Silver Lake has been rated the #1 restaurant in Utah by the Zagat Restaurant Guide . Deer Valley is one of three remaining American ski resorts that prohibit snowboarders along with Alta and Mad River Glen . The resort has occasionally been
12496-414: The interstate at exit 11 and heads north through the east side of Terre Haute with SR 46. The road leaves the city to the northeast upon reaching Wabash Avenue. Upon leaving Terre Haute, US 40 passes through the small towns of Seelyville , Brazil , Knightsville and Harmony . Between Seelyville and Brazil, the road bypasses several small unincorporated communities which are served by State Road 340 ,
12638-538: The job measurement conducted from 1996 to 2002, steady attainment of job opportunities established and a maximum level was noted in 2001 where there were 12,500 job opportunities attained yearly, and approximately 25,070 jobs created in 2002. Therefore, from 1996 to 2002 the sum of employment equated to 35,000 jobs which lasted a year. February 2002 is when the highest employment opportunities were created compared to other years. There were around 25,070 job opportunities created compared to 35,000 created from 1996 to 2001. It
12780-407: The local economy. During 2013–2014, Utah held 16 various winter sport events, bringing $ 27.3 million to the economy of Utah. After holding the Olympics, Utah became home to two National Governing Bodies of Sport. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association is headquartered in Park City, Utah and the U.S. Olympic speed skating team is based out of the Utah Olympic Oval . The University of Utah
12922-529: The main lodge. Deer Valley appeals to the ski community due to it being one of three resorts in the nation that is ski only. Stein Eriksen , namesake of the Stein Eriksen Lodge, was host of the mid-mountain lodging property and director of skiing at the resort until his death in 2015. Deer Valley uses more grooming equipment than other Wasatch ski areas, and limits access to avoid overcrowding;
13064-425: The medal table, with 13 gold and 25 medals overall, while Germany finished with the most total medals, winning 36 (with 12 of them gold). The hosting United States was third by gold medals and second by overall medals, with 10 and 34 respectively. Australia notably became the first Southern Hemisphere country to ever win gold medals at the Winter Olympics. The Games finished with a budgetary surplus of US$ 40 million;
13206-562: The new president and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. Romney, Kem C. Gardner, a Utah commercial real estate developer, and Don Stirling, the Olympics' local marketing chief, raised "millions of dollars from Mormon families with pioneer roots: the Eccles family, whose forebears were important industrialists and bankers" to help rescue the Games, according to a later report. An additional US$ 410 million
13348-705: The northeast. US 40, for the entire length of Pulaski Highway, closely parallels I-95 . Pulaski Highway passes through Gunpowder Falls State Park near Joppa and the Aberdeen Proving Ground . Between Havre de Grace and Perryville it crosses the Susquehanna River on the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge . US 40 leaves Maryland in Elkton , crossing the border into Delaware. US 40 crosses Delaware for about 17 miles (27 km). Entering
13490-430: The northern edge of Indianapolis International Airport . After passing the airport, US 40 is now routed onto Interstate 465 Southbound on the west side of Indianapolis. A sign along the entrance ramp advises motorists "For US 40 East, Follow I-465 South to Exit 46." This route bypasses downtown Indianapolis and instead goes through the southern part of Indianapolis; its nearest point is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of
13632-461: The old alignment of US 40. US 40 leaves I-70 for the final time upon entering the western suburbs of Baltimore, once again as Baltimore National Pike. The route passes through Patapsco Valley State Park north of Ellicott City and enters the Baltimore city limits along Edmondson Avenue. East of Gwynns Falls Leakin Park , US 40 becomes Franklin Street, and becomes an expressway (formerly I-170 ) for
13774-548: The old alignment of US 40 is signed as K-140 . In Topeka, US 40 leaves I-70 at exit 366, follows the Oakland Expressway concurrent with K-4 north to 6th Avenue, then heads east along 6th Avenue out of town. Through Topeka, US 40 closely follows the route of the Oregon Trail . At the Shawnee - Douglas county line near Big Springs , US 40 crosses to the south of I-70 and enters Lawrence from
13916-484: The opening ceremonies, Jacques Rogge , presiding over his first Olympics as the IOC president, told the athletes of the United States: Your nation is overcoming a horrific tragedy, a tragedy that has affected the whole world. We stand united with you in the promotion of our common ideals and hope for world peace. Work on venues for the 2002 Winter Olympics began as early as 1989, following the passing of
14058-633: The opening of the Northside Express, running to the summit of Flagstaff Mountain and servicing a new pod of intermediate terrain. The Snowflake beginner double was also built to supplement Burns at the Snow Park base. All new Deer Valley lifts built from 1993 on have been built by Salt Lake City-based Doppelmayr CTEC and its predecessors. In 1996, Garaventa CTEC also replaced the Yan-built Carpenter Express with an all-new high speed quad due to safety concerns brought on by
14200-415: The organizing committee to stage the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and (ii) direct capital costs incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build, e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast center, and media and press center, which are required to host
14342-532: The original route at the Indiana State Museum; the length of US 40 replaced is about .9 of a mile. The new alignment included the diversion to create White River State Park, and split into a pair of one-way streets: Washington Street carries westbound traffic and Maryland Street carries eastbound traffic. Originally US 40 was a 2-way street all through town. In Indianapolis, the old highway passes several key landmarks, including White River State Park ,
14484-434: The public when originally installed at Rice–Eccles Stadium on January 8, 2002. Production for the opening and closing ceremonies was designed by Seven Nielsen, and music for both ceremonies was directed by Mark Watters . Confirmed in 1997, this edition's sports program featured seven sports divided into 15 disciplines, totaling 78 events, an increase of 10 events over the 1998 Winter Olympics. Skeleton made its return to
14626-455: The remainder of the time it spends in the state, being directly concurrent with or paralleling it throughout Illinois. Between Pocahontas and Mulberry Grove , US 40 passes through several small towns. In Vandalia, Illinois , the former state capitol, it follows Veterans Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard (with US 51 ) through town. The Old State House in Vandalia marks the western terminus of
14768-421: The resort limits ticket sales to 7,500 per day. Deer Valley's total uphill lift capacity of 50,470 skiers per hour is approximately 50% higher than the capacity of each of its larger neighbors Park City Mountain Resort and the former Canyons Resort (now merged with PCMR). Deer Valley has 21 chairlifts, including 12 high speed detachable quads and an enclosed 4-passenger gondola. Skiing began at Deer Valley with
14910-625: The rights to the Games. Prior to its successful bid, Salt Lake City had attempted four times to secure the games, failing each time. In 1998, members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were accused of taking gifts from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) during the bidding process. The allegations resulted in the expulsion of several IOC members and the adoption of new IOC rules. Although nothing strictly illegal had been done, it
15052-509: The road enters Duchesne . In Duchesne, it meets US 191 and SR-87 . US 40 passes Duchesne and starts a concurrency. The concurrency continues into Roosevelt , Fort Duchesne and Vernal . In Roosevelt, it meets SR-87 again in a five-point intersection. There are two intersections with SR-121 , in Roosevelt and Vernal. In Fort Duchesne, there is an intersection with SR-88 . After US 40 passes Vernal, US 191 splits off and
15194-426: The road enters Kit Carson . There is an intersection with SH 59 . After Kit Carson, US 287 splits off and the concurrency ends. After that, there are no more major intersections until US 40 reaches Cheyenne Wells , as it meets US 385 in an interchange. The road then passes Arapahoe without major intersections. Seven miles (11 km) later, US 40 enters Kansas. US 40 enters Kansas near
15336-503: The route. For much of its route, US 40 runs parallel to or concurrently with several major Interstate Highways : I-70 from Denver, Colorado , to Washington, Pennsylvania ; and again from Hancock, Maryland to Baltimore; I-64 in parts of Missouri and Illinois; I-68 along the Maryland Panhandle; and I-95 from Baltimore to New Castle, Delaware . The route was built on top of several older highways, most notably
15478-456: The same area and above. It has grown to include six mountains with six bowls, 930 acres (380 ha) of glade skiing and 670 acres (270 ha) of snow-making. The resort totals 2,026 acres (820 ha) in size. Deer Valley opened in 1981 on Bald Eagle and Bald Mountains, with one double chairlift and four triple chairlifts built by Lift Engineering , also known as Yan: the Burns double (which
15620-721: The same pavement through Frostburg and Cumberland . East of Cumberland, the old National Pike (formerly US 40) carries the MD 144 designation. The I-68/US 40 roadway passes through a 340-foot (100 m) deep cut in Sideling Hill . Just to the east of the cut is the Sideling Hill Exhibit Center, a museum that highlights Western Maryland geology. At Hancock , where the state of Maryland narrows to less than two miles (3 km) wide, I-68 ends, and US 40 merges onto I-70 at exit 1. The two routes closely follow
15762-576: The scandal, Mitt Romney was hired as the new president and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee in February 1999. The torch relay ceremonially began on November 19, 2001, with the traditional kindling of an Olympic flame in Olympia, Greece. On December 3, Greek skier Thanassis Tsailas lit the first torch from the cauldron, and transferred its flame to a ceremonial lantern for transport to Atlanta, where it arrived on December 4 to officially launch
15904-693: The south of New Paris . The road is always close to the newer I-70 eastward toward Dayton . In Vandalia , the road passes to the south of Dayton International Airport and crosses the Dixie Highway and I-75 and the Great Miami River . The road never actually enters Dayton, instead skirting the northern suburbs on the way toward Springfield . The portion of US 40 between Medway-Carlisle Road ( Ohio State Route 571 /County Road 303) and Lammes Lane in Bethel Township, Clark County ,
16046-662: The south of Washington & Jefferson College . Following Maiden Street out of town, the road turns southeast toward the town of California . A short limited access highway in California and West Brownsville provides an approach to the Lane Bane Bridge across the Monongahela River . From here, the road continues southeast to Uniontown . US 40 bypasses Uniontown along a limited access highway that also carries US 119 . An old alignment through Uniontown
16188-648: The stage for the ceremony featured the Hoberman Arch , an arch-shaped metal "curtain" designed by Chuck Hoberman . The largest public transport project completed for the Games was the TRAX light rail system , which first began operations ahead of the Games in 1999. To help reduce vehicle traffic to Soldier Hollow and provide a special experience for tourists, Heber Valley Railroad offered service to Wasatch Mountain State Park on steam locomotives during
16330-700: The state from Maryland in Glasgow , it continues along the Pulaski Highway. Much roadside commercial development slows traffic, as there are many traffic lights along the route. US 40 has an interchange with Delaware Route 1 in the community of Bear before merging with US 13 (Dupont Highway) in State Road . The concurrent routes turn north, pass the Wilmington Airport and US 40 splits to join I-295 near Wilmington Manor . US 40, along with I-295, uses
16472-413: The state, it is known as National Pike. US 40 leaves National Pike shortly after entering Maryland from the northwest and merges with I-68 and US 219 at exit 14B. The old alignment of US 40, still known as National Pike, is signed through much of the western part of the state as either " Scenic US 40 " or " Alternate US 40 ". US 219 leaves the three-way concurrency at exit 22, but US 40 and I-68 remain on
16614-644: The states of Ohio , Indiana , and Illinois . Segments of the National Road used Braddock's Road and Zane's Trace. Plans to extend the road to Missouri were never completed. The farthest western terminus for the National Road was the Old State House in Vandalia, Illinois . The National Road was absorbed into the National Old Trails Ocean-to-Ocean highway, a route from New York, New York , to Los Angeles, California in
16756-488: The stretch. It is also now a full freeway all the way from Downtown St. Louis to Wentzville. When complete, the entire new freeway was signed as Interstate 64 . The next 159.99 miles (257.48 km) of US 40 lie within the state of Illinois . Except where the route has been re-aligned with Interstate 70, it is an entirely undivided surface route. Formerly a major highway, it has lost most of its non-local traffic to Interstate 70. Some early bypasses of towns were built with
16898-478: The subject of protests and poaching by snowboarders such as when snowboard manufacturer Burton Snowboards offered $ 5,000 for video footage of riders snowboarding at Alta, Deer Valley or Mad River Glen in late 2007. According to Burton's website, the point of their campaign was that such discrimination displays a "blatant aggressive disregard" for the Constitution of the United States . This climatic region
17040-520: The surplus was used to fund the formation of the Utah Athletic Foundation—which has continued to maintain the facilities built for these Olympics. The venues have continued to be used for national and international winter sports events after the Olympics, leading to the Winter Olympics return to Salt Lake City for 2034 games . Salt Lake City was chosen over Québec City, Canada; Sion, Switzerland; and Östersund, Sweden, on June 16, 1995, at
17182-514: The top three and was ranked first for five consecutive years between 2007 and 2011. In the history of the survey no other resort has been ranked first for more than three consecutive years. In the 2017 survey, the resort received first place ratings in the categories of grooming, service, lodging, and kid friendliness. In addition, Deer Valley has received top 10 ratings in the categories of snow, lifts, weather, apres-ski, off-hill activities, access, dining, on-mountain food, and overall satisfaction. At
17324-603: The two routes travel northeast to the town of Tonganoxie . From there, the merged routes turn due east toward Kansas City, Kansas . In Kansas City, US 40 and US 24 intersect US 73 and K-7 , and turn south toward Interstate 70 . US 40, along with US 24, then merge onto I-70 and recross the Kansas River over the Lewis and Clark Viaduct just before entering Kansas City, Missouri . On December 1, 2008, US 40, along with US 24 and US 73,
17466-409: The unincorporated community of Weskan . The first sizable town it enters is Sharon Springs , where it intersects K-27 . From there it goes northeast to Oakley and follows Eagle Eye Road before merging with I-70 east of town. The two routes remain merged until Topeka , although the prior alignment of US 40, named Old Highway 40, parallels I-70 for most of the way. From Ellsworth to Salina ,
17608-478: The university economically since the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park was elevated by the renovations that took place. Ice rinks were very scarce in Utah, but they became plentiful and offered several entertainment and training opportunities for hockey players and figure skaters due to the Olympic Games. The Cauldron Park located at the University of Utah which was built with $ 6.5 million in profits and had
17750-505: The university have benefited as almost 3,500 of them would be housed here after the Games. This was a great economic benefit to the university since the amount of money used to complete such dormitories could take long to be afforded. The university was also asked to expand Rice Eccles Stadium to accommodate 50,000 people up from 32,000. The university would then be refunded almost $ 59 million and be given an extra $ 40 million for its maintenance. The 2002 Olympic Games also benefited
17892-466: The west along West 6th Street. At the west side of Lawrence, the route is joined by K-10 and travels south and east to the junction with US 59 and then runs north with US 59 to cross the Kansas River . It follows North 2nd and North 3rd Streets, crosses back under I-70, leaves US 59, and merges with US 24 before leaving town. US 40 remains merged with US 24 as
18034-469: The years immediately afterwards, adding Sterling in 1982 to provide a direct link from Silver Lake to the summit of Bald Mountain, and Clipper in 1983 as an up-and-over lift linking Snow Park with Silver Lake. In 1984, the Mayflower triple was built, creating an additional pod of expert terrain on Bald Mountain to the east of Sultan. In 1991, Deer Valley's first high speed quad was built by Yan to replace
18176-589: Was added to Little Baldy Peak with the replacement of Deer Crest with a Doppelmayr high speed quad, known as the Mountaineer Express. Deer Crest was relocated to Crystal Mountain Resort in Washington, where it opened in 2014 to replace a Riblet double chairlift. On October 3, 2014, Deer Valley Resort announced that it had entered into an agreement to buy Solitude Mountain Resort and took over operations on May 1, 2015. In August 2017, Deer Valley
18318-412: Was carried by HDNet and on the digital signals of participating NBC affiliates . Despite being held in a time zone only one hour ahead of Pacific Time , NBC still tape delayed much of its coverage for the west coast, although Salt Lake City's local NBC affiliate KSL-TV was given permission to air the live, east coast broadcasts to ensure their availability in the Games' host city. Coverage of
18460-505: Was closed both eastbound and westbound from I-170 to I-270 . It re-opened December 15, 2008 two weeks ahead of the originally scheduled date of December 31, 2008. On December 13, 2008, another five-mile (8 km) section of the freeway closed both ways from I-170 to the Kingshighway exit in the city. It was re-opened on December 7, 2009. The entire freeway is now open for travel, with the speed limit raised to 60 mph on most of
18602-455: Was designed by Axiom Design of Salt Lake City. It was created with three sections, each with its own meaning and representation. In February 1999, in response to the bid scandal and a financial shortfall for the Games, Mitt Romney , then CEO of the private equity firm Bain Capital (and future U.S. presidential candidate , U.S. Senator , and Governor of Massachusetts ), was hired as
18744-507: Was felt that the acceptance of the gifts was morally dubious. In addition, legal charges were brought against the leaders of Salt Lake's bid committee by the United States Department of Justice . Investigations were also launched into prior bidding process by other cities, finding that members of the IOC received bribes during the bidding process for both the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics . In response to
18886-635: Was functionally replaced with I-80, and as these segments of I-80 were constructed the western portion of US 40 was truncated several times. Starting at its western terminus in Utah , US 40 crosses a total of 12 states, including Colorado , Kansas , Missouri , Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , West Virginia , Pennsylvania , Maryland , Delaware , and New Jersey . US 40 passes through or by major cities including Denver , Kansas City , St. Louis , Indianapolis , Columbus , Baltimore , and Wilmington . Three former and four current state capitals lie along
19028-527: Was made of glass, allowing the fire to be seen burning within, reflecting the Games' slogan "Light the Fire Within" and an overarching "fire and ice" theme. The actual glass cauldron stands atop a twisting glass and steel support, is 12 feet (3.7 m) high, and the flame within burns at 900 °F (482 °C). Together with its support, the cauldron stands 117 feet (36 m) tall and was made of 738 individual pieces of glass. Small jets send water down
19170-682: Was narrated by Utah natives Donny and Marie Osmond (who voiced animatronic dinosaur skeletons designed by Michael Curry ), and featured performances by a number of musicians and bands, including Bon Jovi , Christina Aguilera , Creed , Dianne Reeves , Donny and Marie Osmond, Earth, Wind & Fire , Gloria Estefan , Harry Connick Jr. , Kiss , Moby and Angie Stone , NSYNC , R. Kelly , Sting , Willie Nelson , and Yo Yo Ma . It also featured appearances by figure skaters such as Kurt Browning , Dorothy Hamill , and Ilia Kulick , as well as dancer Savion Glover . Departing from Juan Antonio Samaranch 's tradition of declaring each Olympics
19312-461: Was noted that the increase of Olympic related job started in 1996 and continued until 2003. These effects can be estimated on the ground of historical relationship between job and corresponding population growth. A lot of people migrated into the future place of the Olympic Games for expanding and favorable employment opportunities that the Olympics ensured. Although residents occupied many of
19454-405: Was one of the hosts of the 2002 Winter Olympics; the planning committee approached the University of Utah and asked them to build several student dormitories which would serve as athletes' accommodation during the Games. It was agreed that the university would pay approximately $ 98 million out of the total required amount of $ 110 million to complete the construction. As a result, students of
19596-465: Was received from the federal government. U.S. federal subsidies amounted to $ 1.3 billion (for infrastructure improvements only), compared to $ 45 billion of federal funding received by the organizing committee of the 2014 Winter Olympics from the Russian government. The Games were financially successful, raising more money with fewer sponsors than any prior Olympic Games, which left SLOC with
19738-536: Was replaced with a high speed quad in 2005, with the lift being extended downhill so that a catwalk could be built, making it directly accessible from the Silver Lake lodge without having to ride Sterling or Wasatch. Sterling was replaced with a high speed quad the following year in 2006. In 2007, the resort expanded onto Lady Morgan Peak, to the north of Flagstaff Mountain, with a new 200 acre pod composed of nine trails and additional gladed terrain serviced by its own high speed quad. In 2012, detachable chairlift service
19880-411: Was rerouted south along K-7 west of Kansas City to the intersection with I-70. Before this date, US 40 and US 24 continued along State Avenue to College Parkway before turning right to follow Turner Diagonal for 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) where US 40 joined Interstate 70 for the duration of its journey eastward toward Missouri. In 1951, the State of Kansas designated U.S. Route 40 as
20022-464: Was sold to the newly formed multi-resort entity, Alterra Mountain Company , a joint corporation composed of KSL Capital Partners and Intrawest Resort Holdings, LLC. In 2018, the Homestake fixed grip quad, providing access from Silver Lake to the summit of Bald Eagle Mountain, was replaced with a high speed quad constructed by Doppelmayr. In September 2023, the resort announced that it would integrate
20164-578: Was the only remaining original lift on the mountain up until being removed in the summer of 2022) servicing learning terrain in the Snow Park base area, the Carpenter triple for lapping terrain on Bald Eagle Mountain, the Homestake triple for access from Bald Mountain and Silver Lake base area back to the summit of Bald Eagle Mountain, and the Sultan and Wasatch triples for lapping terrain on Bald Mountain. Yan would construct two more infill triple chairlifts in
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