 The Utah Olympic Oval is located west of downtown Salt Lake City, in Kearns, Utah.Along with Soldier Hollow, and the Utah Olympic Park it was built specifically for the 2002 Winter Olympics.On October 5, 1992 the Utah Sports Authority chose the Oquirrh Park Fitness Center in Kearns as the site for the 2002 Olympic Oval, beating out other locations in West Valley City, Sandy and downtown Salt Lake City.