Currently, the plaza contains the 2002 Winter Olympics cauldron surrounded by several plaques displaying photographs and information related to the 2002 Games.

[3] Construction on the park began October 2, 2002 with a ground-breaking ceremony attended by Olympians Shannon Bahrke and Bill Schuffenhauer.

[4] The first phase of construction, which included installing the cauldron and making it operational, was completed in February 2003–in time for the one-year anniversary celebration.

[7] The park (although surrounded by an often locked fence) was open to the public free of charge, with the exception of the film shown in the visitor center.

Money from ticket sales for the film, along with the original $1 million endowment helped pay the park's operating costs.

[2] The following year it was installed in the new plaza, which was officially unveiled to the public on October 29, 2021, with athletes Catherine Raney-Norman and Chris Waddell in attendance.

[3] The new plaza allows for unrestricted public access to the base of cauldron and features eight monuments telling the comprehensive story of the Games with photographs and information plaques.

[8] To accommodate expansion of Rice-Eccles Stadium, the cauldron was removed from the park on February 14, 2020, and taken to an off-site location where it underwent a refurbishment.

Large bay windows allowed the cauldron and arch to be seen by visitors from inside the round glass and sandstone building, which also served as a ticket office for the nearby stadium (and continues in that capacity).

Skaters were then seen whooshing across the three screens, and a voice sung "there's a flame that burns in every heart"; the athletes were then shown entering the stadium for the opening ceremonies.