 Prior to it being covered and used during the Olympic Games, the oval would be used for inline skating during the summer and ice skating during the winter months.After SLOC began the design process for a permanent cover, it was decided to pull up and replace the entire oval, so work began in June 1999.The new oval was designed by Gilles Stransky Brems Smith of Salt Lake City, and constructed by Layton Construction, and its estimated cost was $27 million.