For the Winter Olympics, there are ten venues that have been or will be used for freestyle skiing. The first FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships was held at Tignes, France, in 1986.FIS-Ski.com Tignes Freestyle World Ski Championships 2-6 February 1986 results. Accessed 22 March 2011. Two years later at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, the sport was included as a demonstration event though it took place at two different locations. Becoming an official Olympic sport in 1992, the venue chosen was at Tignes, host of the 1986 world championships. The 1997 world championships at Iizuna Kogen would serve as the test event for the venue used for the 1998 Winter Olympics.FIS-Ski.com Iizuna Kogen Freestyle World Ski Championships 4-9 February 1997 results. Accessed 22 March 2011. Deer Valley played host to the 2002 events and would host the world championships in both 2003 and 2011.FIS-Ski.com Deer Valley Freestyle World Ski Championships 29 January - 1 February 2003 results. Accessed 22 March 2011.FIS-Ski.com Deer Valley Freestyle World Ski Championships 2-5 February 2011 results. Accessed 22 March 2011. Whistler, British Columbia hosted the 2001 world championships though the 2010 venue took place at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver close to the host city.FIS-Ski.com Whistler Freestyle World Ski Championships 17-21 January 2001 results. Accessed 22 March 2011. GamesVenueOther sports hosted at venue for those gamesCapacityRef.1988 Calgary Canada Olympic Park (includes bobsleigh/luge track) (demonstration) Bobsleigh, Luge, Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping 25,000 (bobsleigh/luge)35,000 (ski jumping)15,000 (freestyle)1988 Winter Olympics official report. Part 1. pp. 110-27. Accessed 29 November 2010. Nakiska (demonstration) Alpine skiing Not listed.1988 Winter Olympics official report. Part 1. pp. 128-43. Accessed 29 November 2010. 1992 Albertville Tignes None Not listed.1992 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 112–3. Accessed 5 December 2010. 1994 Lillehammer Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena None 15,0001994 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 23-6. Accessed 8 December 2010. 1998 Nagano Iizuna Kogen Ski Area None 12,0001998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 206-8. Accessed 12 December 2010. 2002 Salt Lake City Deer Valley Alpine skiing (slalom) 13,4002002 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 76-7. Accessed 21 December 2010. 2006 Turin Sauze d'Oulx-Jouvencaux None 7,9002006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 81-2. Accessed 27 December 2010. 2010 Vancouver Cypress Mountain Snowboarding 8,000 2014 Sochi Freestyle Skiing Center and Snowboard Park Snowboarding 8,000 (freestyle skiing)8,000 (snowboarding)Sochi2014.com profile of the Freestyle Skiing Center and Snowboard Park. Accessed 31 December 2010. 2018 PyeongChang Phoenix Snow Park Snowboarding (excluding big air) 18,000 (including 7,800 standing) 2022 Beijing Genting Snow Park Snowboarding (excluding big air) Not listed. 2026 Milan-Cortina Mottolino/Sitas-Tagliede/Carosello 3000 Snowboarding Not listed. 2030 French Alps Briançon (aerials, moguls, halfpipe) Snowboarding 3,500-5,000 Montgenèvre (big air, slopestyle) Snowboarding 3,500-5,000 TBA (ski cross) Snowboarding Not listed. 2034 Utah Utah Olympic Park (cross) Snowboarding 8,000 Park City (halfpipe, slopestyle) Snowboarding 15,000 Deer Valley (aerials, moguls) None 12,000 Olympic Medals Plaza (big air) Snowboarding (big air) 25,000
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