The Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) is a New York State public benefit corporation , created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used after the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid, New York .
6-725: ORDA is the only state-owned ski area organization in the United States. Destinations they operate include Whiteface Mountain , Gore Mountain , and Belleayre Mountain . ORDA operates the Olympic Center which houses ice skating, museum, event space, and offices for ORDA. It also operates the Olympic Sports Complex and Mount Van Hoevenberg located five miles from Lake Placid and the Olympic Ski Jumping Complex . On July 1, 1981,
12-415: A ski resort . The US Forest Service defines a ski area as: "a site and associated facilities that has been primarily developed for alpine or Nordic skiing and other snow sports, but may also include, in appropriate circumstances, facilities necessary for other seasonal or year-round natural resource-based recreation activities, provided that a preponderance of revenue generated by the ski area derives from
18-570: A significant labor force, and maintenance of an infrastructure that provides dining and retail services to skiers and that assures reliable snow that is appealing to skiers in locations that are accessible to them. Consequently, they require a fee structure and ancillary attractions that provide the revenue to sustain them economically. The natural settings of ski areas require the management of their environmental impacts, according to legal standards. The profession of ski area management requires specialized training in degree programs. Specialities include
24-424: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organization in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ski area A ski area is the terrain and supporting infrastructure where skiing and other snow sports take place. Such sports include alpine and cross-country skiing, snow boarding, tubing, sledding, etc. Ski areas may stand alone or be part of
30-782: The New York State legislature (Article 8, Title 28, NYS Public Authorities Law) declared ORDA to maintain and operate all the Olympic sites of Lake Placid after the final 1980 winter Olympics. In 1984 ORDA acquired Gore Mountain and added it to its portfolio. In November 2011 Belleayre was transferred from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to ORDA. ORDA's consists of its President and CEO Michael Pratt along with 12 board of directors, they are: This article related to sports in New York
36-1026: The sale of alpine and Nordic ski area passes and lift tickets, revenue from alpine, Nordic, and other snow sport instruction, and gross revenue from ancillary facilities that support alpine or Nordic skiing and other snow sports." Ski areas can extend over several municipalities (ex: La Plagne in France , Alta Badia in Italy , etc.) or several countries (ex: Portes du Soleil in France and Switzerland). A municipality can have several ski areas (ex: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in France, Davos in Switzerland, Kitzbühel in Austria , etc.). The largest ski areas connect several ski resorts (ex: Les Trois Vallées in France). Alpine ski areas require substantial capital investment,
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