The Olympic Complex, former home of ENT Air Force Base and the headquarters of the North American Defense Command, officially became USOC administrative headquarters in July 1978. In October 1996 and April 1997, the USOC officially dedicated and opened its new $23.8 million, Phase II facilities-a state-of-the-art sports medicine and sport science center, an athlete center, which includes a dining hall and two residence halls. The USOC is able to provide housing, dining, recreational facilities and other services for up to 557 coaches and athletes at one time on the complex.

Facilities

Aquatics Center
The aquatic center is 45,000 square feet, and contains a 50-meter x 25-meter swimming pool, two meters deep at the ends and three meters deep in the center. The pool has two moveable bulkheads, 10 50-meter lanes and 20 25-meter lanes and contains 810,000 gallons of water.

The facility is primarily used for training and testing of the USA's finest swimmers and water polo players, but is also utilized by other athletes for cross-training. An overhead catwalk and underwater cameras allow for filming athletes both above and below water for testing purposes. 

Sports Centers I and II
The Olympic Sports Center I, the first multi-sport gymnasium built on the Colorado Springs complex, is a 59,000 square-foot facility containing six gymnasiums, which can accommodate the training requirements for 14 Olympic and Pan American sports.

Sports Center II was completed in October 1993 as part of the phase I construction. This facility has over 54,000 square feet of training facilities. It can accommodate nine different sports. 

International Center for Aquatic Research
U.S. Swimming's International Center for Aquatic Research is a showcase facility attached to Sports Center I, which features a swimming flume used for training and testing. The flume is a swimming treadmill that contains 50,000 gallons of water with a current that can be adjusted from zero to three meter per second. A unique feature of the flume is that it is built in a hyperbaric chamber and can adjust the altitude from sea level to 8,000 feet above sea level.

Velodrome
The USOC also operates a world-class velodrome in Memorial Park; a Colorado Springs city park located five blocks south of the U.S. Olympic Complex. It is one of 25 velodromes in the U.S., but is considered among the top-three cycling facilities in the world. Several world records have been set on it.

Olympic Shooting Center
The Olympic Shooting Center is the largest indoor shooting facility in the Western Hemisphere and the third largest in the world. The center features 29 50-meter firing points for rifle and pistol shooting, eight 25-meter pistol bays for rapid-fire pistol and women's sports pistol, four 10-meter running target rifle ranges and 72 10-meter air rifle and air pistol fire points.

Olympic Visitor Center
The Olympic Visitor Center is the primary support facility serving the general public and providing information about the USOC, U.S. Olympic Training Centers and the Olympic Movement. The $8 million building includes the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, and indoor reception area, and Olympic retail store and a 225-seat auditorium.

Free public tours are conducted daily on a year-round basis by the USOC Tour Program staff and the U.S. Olympic Spirit Store offers Olympic sports merchandise and gift items unavailable elsewhere. The tour includes a walk a long the Irwin Belk Olympic Path and visits to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame rotunda and roof-top terrace with an Olympic flame display, which offers panoramic views of the entire complex and beautiful Colorado Springs.

Contact Information
United States Olympic Training Center
1 Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909-5760
TEL: (719) 632-5551
FAX: (719) 866-4654