Lake Placid celebrates its Olympic past, and eyes its future
The benefits of a miracle have been reaped in Lake Placid for 40 years.
The plan now is to keep those miracles and miracle-seekers coming.
Parts of Lake Placid's sports landscape are largely under construction again these days, a plan that walks a tightrope between preserving the area's natural beauty and small-town charm while also finding ways keep the village a major player on the global winter-sports map and being modern enough to keep drawing athletes to town.
Tourism is a $1.2 billion industry in the Lake Placid region, much of it still fueled by the memory of the U.S. hockey team beating the Soviet Union as the "Miracle on Ice" highlight of the 1980 Olympic Games.
