Lahti
Aug 31, 2018·Nordic Combined
General Information
Lahti, which is located about 100 kilometres north of Helsinki, is the capital of Finland's Paijänne Tavastia region. The town with about 100.000 inhabitants has a long tradition in winter sports to look back on to.The Lahti Ski Games, for which Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined and Cross-Country athletes come together, were held for the first time in 1923 and while they of course changed over time, they were still held almost every year since then.
As early as 1938, over 100.000 spectators came to Lahti, a center of nordic sports with its facility with three hills and the big cross country stadium. The ski museum which is located directly in the stadium informs the visitors about the history of the Lahti Ski Games with many original items. Lahti also was the host city of two FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in 1989 and 2001 and will host the championships again in 2017.
The venue
The Nordic Combined athletes usually compete on the HS 130 large hill located on the left side of the ski jumping stadium, next to the two smaller hills. The cross-country tracks wind around both sides of the venue and up the jumping hill while the start and finish area is at the bottom of the hill in the ski stadium with the grandstand. There is space for 30.000 spectators in the ski stadium stands, 7 700 separate seats, main stands mainly covered and heated. The Ski Jumping stadium is situated right beside the cross-country stadium with maximum capacity of 40.000 spectators.
The Salpausselkä network of competition courses consist of 11 World Cup level courses of different lenghts. Over the past few years, cross-country courses have gone through some significant improvements. Competitions are easier to follow, because courses are very near to the stadium. Competitions are easy to follow at the stadium and along the tracks. Latest development is that one of the tracks goes over the cross country service building.
Competition venue offers great facilities to serve the needs of hospitality, entertainment and other spectator services. Plenty of alternative solutions are available for spectator services. Restaurant Voitto offers VIP services right beside ski jumping hills. The Lahti Hall also offers VIP services and other additional events (etc. concerts). There is also programme tent for 1500 spectators and VIP tent for 700 quests at the venue.
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