2014 Winter Olympics

The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, will be the next Winter Olympics celebrated from February 7 to February 23, 2014, in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city was elected on July 4, 2007, during the 119th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Guatemala City, Guatemala. This will be the first time that the Russian Federation will host the Winter Olympics; the Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow.

The Games will be organized within two clusters, a coastal cluster in Sochi, and a mountain cluster in Krasnaya Polyana.
 

Venues

Sochi Olympic Park (Coastal Cluster) 

The Sochi Olympic Park will be built by the Black Sea coast in the Imeretin Valley. All the venues listed below are new and need to be built. The venues will be clustered around a central water basin on which the Medals Plaza will be built. This will provide a great compactness of the concept with the Olympic Stadium and all indoor venues of the Olympics gathered within walking distance.

• Maly Ice Palace - ice hockey, 7,000 spectators.

•  Bolshoi Ice Palace - ice hockey (final), 12,000 spectators. 
• Sochi Olympic Oval - speed skating, 8,000 spectators.     
• Sochi Olympic Skating Centre - figure skating, short track speed skating, 12,000 spectators. 
• Sochi Olympic Curling Centre - curling, 3,000 spectators.
• Sochi Olympic Stadium - ceremonies (opening/ closing) 40,000 spectators.
• Main Olympic village.
• International broadcasting center and main press-room.

After the Olympics, it is planned to use the cluster area as part of Formula One street circuit. This deal was signed on 14 October 2010 though it could be delayed to the 2014 Games. The contract runs to 2020.

Krasnaya Polyana (Mountain Cluster) 

• Biathlon & Ski Complex — Biathlon, Cross-country skiing and Nordic combined (cross-country skiing).

• Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard Park - Freestyle skiing and Snowboarding.
• Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort — Alpine skiing.
• Russian National Sliding Centre — Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton.
• Russian National Ski Jumping Centre — Ski jumping and Nordic combined (ski jumping).
• Rosa Khutor Plateau Olympic Village.