LAKE PLACID, N.Y.  (November 14, 2016) --- The excitement of bobsled and skeleton World Cup racing returns to the famed Mt. Van Hoevenberg combined bobsled/luge/skeleton track the week of December 12-17, 2016. The event comes as the world’s best bobsled and skeleton athletes eye the 2108 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, just a more than a year away.

Attached to this advisory is the event’s media credential request form, to be returned by December 5, 2016 for consideration

WHAT: BMW IBSF World Cup Bobsled/Skeleton Lake Placid 2016

WHEN: Racing Friday, Dec. 16, 8:45 a.m. with two-man bobsled racing. This is followed by the women’s bobsled event, at 12:30 p.m., and men’s skeleton action at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, begins at 9:30 a.m. with the four-man bobsled race, while the women’s skeleton event is slated to start at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex Track, Bobsled Lane, Route 73, Lake Placid, N.Y. 12946

Media covering the event must return the attached media credential request form no later than Monday, December 5, 2016 for consideration. Credential request forms must be returned to Jon Lundin, ORDA communications, Email, jlundin@orda.org.

-- ORDA --

Established in 1982, the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) was created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid. ORDA operates Whiteface, Belleayre and Gore Mountain ski areas; the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg; the Olympic speed skating oval, Olympic jumping complex and Olympic arena. As host to international and national championships, the Authority has brought millions of athletes, spectator and participants to the region, resulting in significant economic development.