ARCO Olympic Training Center

In a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity, the OTC hosted a conference that I attended. We were issued dorm rooms, ate at the cafeteria, and got a behind the scenes tour of the training center, where we co-habitated with the athletes that were in season at the time. Our accomodations were two-to-a-bedroom and bath, with two bedrooms sharing each living room. We only roomed up with other conference attendees, but in other parts of the same buildings, we had Olympic athletes! It was an awesome experience!

The U.S. Olympic Training Center:

Come see where Olympic athletes are made!

The Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista is the first United States Olympic Committee training facility to be master-planned and built from the ground up, dedicated to the development of U.S. Olympic athletes. The USOC also has training centers in Colorado Springs, CO, and Lake Placid, NY. The Chula Vista training center is the USOC’s only warm-weather, year-round, multi-sport training facility. The facility supports many sports, including archery, bobsledding, canoeing/kayaking, cycling, field hockey, luge, rowing, rugby, skiing/snowboarding, soccer, softball, tri-athlon, and various Paralympic sports. An estimated 4,000 athletes a year come to the 155-acre complex to receive the coaching, support, and facilities necessary to compete against the world’s best.