2002年盐湖城冬季奥运会Olympic Medals Plaza

2002年盐湖城冬季奥运会另外一个非竞赛场地——奥林匹克奖牌广场。奥林匹克奖牌广场位于南寺的拐角处，位于盐湖城市区以西，奥林匹克广场内。它是临时性场馆，于2002年冬季奥运会和2002年冬季残奥会结束后拆除。奖牌广场本是教堂拥有的一个停车场，经常用于临时活动。教堂把它捐赠给了2002奥运会，连同500万美元将它改造成为了奥运会奖牌广场。盐湖组委会接受了教堂的捐赠，一个是因为他们愿意帮助支付费用，而且停车场本身就是一个大的城市街区，可以容纳大量的观众。广场的建设始于2001年12月3日，2002年正式完工。

The Olympic Medals Plaza was located on the corner of South Temple and 300 West (block 85) in downtown Salt Lake City, within the Olympic Square. It was one of a few completely temporary venues, which was removed following the completion of both the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Paralympics. The site of the Medals Plaza is a parking lot owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is often used for temporary events. The Church donated free use of the property for the 2002 games, along with $5 million to transform the parking lot into an Olympic class Medals Plaza. SLOC accepted the Church's offer because they were willing to help pay the costs, and the parking lot was an entire city block in size, which would allow a large number of spectators.[71] Construction on the plaza began December 3, 2001, and the final touches were being finished when the plaza was unveiled to the press on January 25, 2002.

medal　英 [ˈmedl]　 美 [ˈmedl] 

n.奖章;勋章

v.(在比赛中)获得奖牌(或奖章)

He ended up as a reserve, but still qualified for a team gold medal.

他最后成了替补队员，但仍有资格获得团体金牌。

An Olympic gold medal is the most sought-after prize in world sport.

在世界体坛上，一枚奥运会金牌是最令人向往的奖项。

She won the individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics.

她在冬奥会上获得了个人金牌。