Lake Placid Rink

The Lake Placid Rink was an outdoor ice rink that was used for various winter sports including speed skating, figure skating and ice hockey.

[1] In the early part of the 20th century, Melvil Dewey helped establish Lake Placid as a resort town that quickly became a home for winter sports.

The venue helped to raise the profile of Lake Placid in athletic circles and was critical in convincing the Olympic Committee to select Lake Placid as the site of the 1932 Winter Olympics.

[4] However, due to the number of events that were to take place, additional venues would be needed for the games.

The Lake Placid Rink hosted six of the twelve ice hockey matches for the '32 games as well as some of the figure skating competitions.