Olympic Plaza
Olympic Plaza is an urban park and gathering place in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located around Macleod Trail and 7 Avenue South, it was created as the venue for the medal ceremonies at the 1988 Winter Olympics.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Address: 228 8 Avenue SE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glenbow Museum and Calgary Tower.
Glenbow Museum
Museum
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The Glenbow Museum is an art and history regional museum in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The museum focuses on Western Canadian history and culture, including Indigenous perspectives. Glenbow Museum is situated 170 metres southwest of Olympic Plaza.
Calgary Tower
The Calgary Tower is a 190.8-metre free-standing observation tower in the downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally called the Husky Tower, it was conceived as a joint venture between Marathon Realty Company Limited and Husky Oil as part of an urban renewal plan and to celebrate Canada's centennial of 1967. Calgary Tower is situated 320 metres southwest of Olympic Plaza.Calgary City Hall
Historic building
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Calgary City Hall, is the seat of government for Calgary City Council, located in the city's downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The historic building completed in 1911 serves as the offices for Calgary City Council, consisting of the office of the Mayor, fourteen Councillors and municipal Clerk. Calgary City Hall is situated 140 metres east of Olympic Plaza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Downtown East Village.
Chinatown
Suburb
Calgary's Chinatown is a district of Calgary located along Centre Street in the southeast area of Downtown Calgary immediately west of the Downtown East Village.
Downtown East Village
Suburb
Downtown East Village more commonly known as simply East Village, is a mixed-use neighbourhood within the eastern portions of downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
City Centre
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Calgary City Centre refers to the most urban and dense area of Calgary. The area is best known as the location of the Downtown Commercial Core.
Olympic Plaza
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Calgary, Calgary Region, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.04589° or 51° 2′ 45″ northLongitude
-114.05931° or 114° 3′ 34″ westOpen location code
95372WWR+97OpenStreetMap ID
way 127943987OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3390019
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Tagalog—“Olympic Plaza” goes by many names.
- French: “place Olympique”
- French: “Place Olympique”
- German: “Olympic Plaza”
- Irish: “Olympic Plaza”
- Italian: “Olympic Plaza”
- Spanish: “Olympic Plaza”
- Tagalog: “Olympic Plaza”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Olympic Plaza”. Photo: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0.