Yongpyong Resort has hosted men's
World Cup technical events in four seasons (
1998,
2000,
2003,
2006) with
giant slalom on the Rainbow 1 slope and
slalom on It was one of the three main sites of the
1999 Asian Winter Games which were hosted by Gangwon. It was the site of the
IPC Disabled Alpine World Cup and the
2009 Biathlon World Championships, although the event was marred by lack of snow due to an unseasonable warmth, and criticized for poor spectator attendance. Yongpyong hosted the technical alpine skiing events for the
2018 Winter Olympics and
Paralympics in
Pyeongchang. It was also part of the unsuccessful bids for the
2010 and
2014 Winter Olympics (missing out to
Vancouver and
Sochi, respectively). With a greater vertical drop,
Jeongseon Alpine Centre was developed to host the alpine speed events of
Downhill,
Super-G, and
Combined. The capacity of the venue for these events is 12,000 (4,500 seats / 7,500 standing). ==In media==