European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sis Kan  gets a jump on the olympics. Stadium on the outskirts of town will seat 35,000. A gleaming new Blue and White Metal figure skating Arena is nearly finished and a Speed skating Arena is ready to go. Coca cola has leased and lavishly refurbished the once drab hotel Albert a four Story building next to Albertville Strain station. There a a Downside to the boo town atmosphere. Giant construction cranes loom Over Albertville Strain station which is undergoing a face lift. The main Road Rue de la rep oblique has been torn up and widened. Tractors and dump trucks rumble Over the City a narrow roads kicking up gravel and dust. Because of the construction and traffic expected during the games Many who come every year to ski the Savoie slopes Are staying away this season. A there arc certain people who know the Savoie Region who come Here very often who said they will not come because of the traffic a said Veronique Ballanfant of the Savoie department of tourism. By the end of the year there will be More than 60 Miles of new roads open to traffic including a four Lane Highway Between Albertville and Mou ticks a the Gateway to the three valleys. Another four Lane Highway will be completed Between Moutier and Bourg St. Maurice on the Road to tines and Val do Sere in the Tare Taise Region. This should help traffic move faster through Moutier which has been a bottleneck in the Winter when Only a two Lane Highway passed through the City. Olympic organizers Are prepared for either extreme of too much Snow or too Little Snow. If there a too much  simply remove it with trucks. If there a too Little  use Snow cannons to make and spread the flakes Over the slopes. But based on meteorological studies Over the past 50 years the Best time for Snow coincides with uie olympics. Sis Kan Georg ski lifts Are ready to Roll at tines for some of the Glamour events of the Winter games. Selling your Siles from Genava Aix Les Bains o Chambery via Les daisies Albertville a / w Moutier France v3s Meribel Cour Chevel a a pral Ognan \ Les menu res a Van Oise 0val Thorens from Granola Sas Polar Jaafar As the final leg of preparations begins Here a a rundown on the status of the Winter olympic resorts a Albertville. Eighteen Gold medals will be awarded in Albertville four in figure skating 10 in Speed skating and four in Short track Speed skating a new olympic sport. O Val d Sere. 23,000 Beds. Jean Claude Killy s Hometown will Host the men s Alpine downhill events. The ski runs end in the Center of the Village a a collection of new chalets crepe Ries bars and ski shops. A Les daisies. 8,500 Beds. The nordic resort will Host Cross country skiing biathlon events including the women s biathlon a new olympic sport and the Cross country Pursuit race. A tines. 30,000 Beds. Twin resort of Val d Sere this modern Complex will Host the Mogul freestyle events and Ballet skiing a demonstration event in the new Logan stadium carved out of the Mountainside. The new 3,656-meter grand Motte funicular railway gives skiers Access to year round Glacier skiing. A Les arcs. 26,000 Beds. Reached from Bourg St. Maurice on the funicular railway Les arcs will Host the Speed skiing event an olympic demonstration sport. A la Plagne. 30,000 Beds. State of the Art artificially refrigerated bobsled and luge runs add to a Long tradition of bobsledding in this resort which faces North. A pral Ognan la Van Oise. 8,220 Beds. This re sort in the heart of the Van Oise National Park will Host the Curling event a demonstration sport in a new sports Complex. A Les menu res Val Thorens. 39,000 Beds. Two resorts with the men s slalom in the menu res slalom stadium. Val Thorens is the highest ski resort in Europe and offers summer skiing on glaciers. A Cour Chevel. 33,000 Beds. This vast ritzy resort has a new stadium at the 1,300-meter level that will be the setting for jumping and nordic combined events. A Meribel. 27,000 Beds. At the  of the three valleys the largest skiing area in the world Meribel s newest slopes on the Roc de Fer Side will be the location of All women s downhill ski events. A 7,000-seat skating rink will be the setting for the ice hoc key  20, 1991 sunday a