Seoul, January 27, 2016 – the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) held a “welcome day” event last Friday to announce and celebrate the official opening of the Jeongseon Alpine Centre. POCOG President Yang-ho Cho, Sports Minister KIM Jong-deok, President of Korea Ski Association SHIN Dong-bin, Vice Governor of Gangwon Province BAE Jin-hwan, and FIS Technical Expert Guenter Hujara attended the opening.

Jeongseon Alpine Centre is the first alpine downhill ski course in Korea, which will be used as a venue for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

Men’s Downhill and Super-G races for the 2016 AUDI FIS Alpine World Cup will take place here on 6-7 Feb, as the course’s debut competition.

Last 4 January POCOG officially opened the doors of the “2018 PyeongChang House” at the Green-city Convention Center in Gangneung. The ice events will be staged in Gangneung and the special hospitality venue is designed to promote the Games and highlight the environmentally friendly theme of PyeongChang 2018.

The 2018 PyeongChang house will serve as a focal point for the public showing Games preparations and teaching the Olympic values. As the excitement for the Games is building a high number of youth and teenagers are expected to visit.