Editing 2006 Winter Olympics (section)

===Construction===
Sixty-five sporting facilities, various infrastructures, sport villages for athletes and media, and transportation infrastructures were constructed for a total of 1.7&nbsp;billion euros.<ref name="Construction">{{cite web |url=http://www.thechronicle.us/news.php?id=975 |title=Winter Olympics Return to Italy Opening Ceremonies Begin February 10 in Turin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208163059/http://www.thechronicle.us/news.php?id=975 |archive-date=8 February 2006 |author=Villani, Ron |access-date=19 April 2007}}</ref>

Among the most important sporting facilities that were used:
* The [[Stadio Olimpico (Turin)]] (formerly known as Stadio Comunale);
* Five sports halls (three new, two rearranged): the Palazzo a Vela re-designed by [[Gae Aulenti]] (to host short track and ice skating), the [[Oval Lingotto]] (speed ice skating), [[Torino Esposizioni]] (ice hockey), the Ice stadium in corso Tazzoli, the [[Torino Palasport Olimpico|Palasport Olimpico]] designed by Arata Isozaki (ice hockey);
* The Olympic arch of Turin;
* Olympic villages of Turin, Bardonecchia and Sestriere;
* The ice stadium in Pinerolo, re-arranged and enlarged, to host the curling competition;
* A new stadium in Torre Pellice (ice hockey);
* Twelve new intermediate-level ski lifts in Cesana Torinese, Cesana San Sicario, Sestriere, Bardonecchia, Claviere, Sauze d'Oulx, Pragelato;
* The tracks for bobsled, luge, and skeleton in Cesana (the second international track in Italy, along with the one in [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]]);

The most important transport infrastructure works were:
* The [[Metrotorino|Turin Metro]] ([[Véhicule Automatique Léger|VAL]] system), which for the Olympic games connected [[Collegno]] to the railway station of [[Porta Susa]].
* The upgrade of 11 state roads and motorways connecting Turin with other Olympic sites, including the Motorway between Turin and Pinerolo, which was host to the Curling events.

In the city, the main developments were the [[Palafuksas]], a glass building designed by [[Massimiliano Fuksas]], the new Modern Art Gallery and the great project of the "Spina", that will provide urban regeneration over an area of 2 million square meters through the construction of an underground urban railway and the re-utilization of abandoned industrial areas.