I spent an hour here. It's a museum that highlights Richmond as being an integral part of the Olympic experience, when Vancouver hosted the Winter Olympics. It contains memorabilia of past Olympians and Olympic events. It has a lot of interactive simulations, where you can experience the feeling of bobsledding, surfing, kayak, racing, and many more. There's a lot of exhibits that showcase Olympic medals, torches and the evolution of sports equipment. There are films of past Olympic glories and wins. This experience has everything for adults and young children. There's a view deck overlooking a skating and hockey rink. Today I saw some figure skaters practicing! It's a huge complex...definitely worth to visit! read more

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Great experience. The facilities are clean. Only thing is you have to pay for parking-- but that's everywhere now.

Kind of expensive for what it is but also kind of worth it. The kids played the same simulator games in the nicely air conditioned space over and over for a little under 2 hours. It was almost empty the entire time so they only had each other to fight over activities. Without replay value though there's not much to see/do so YMMV. The worst part was parking which is not free or very close by. read more

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What a fun place!!!! I'm a bit of an Olympic aficionado so when I saw this close to where we were staying - I HAD TO GO. Tickets are relatively cheap. We bought them the day of at the ground floor and had no problems. I believe we went on a Sunday and it was pretty empty. There was another event happening though so parking was CRAZY. They recommended we go to the off site lots but we chanced it and were able to get a spot in the actual parking lot. There are replicas of ALL the olympic torches - I was in awe. There are also examples of medals that you can wear and take pictures of from Rio and Canada Games. There are simulations of bobsledding and skiing. It was enjoyable for all of us - ages 2-85! I would definitely recommend if you're in the area. read more

This place was definitely a cool place to take your kids or even for adults. You can try out different sports in this interactive exhibit: balance beam, rowing, surfboarding, alpine skiing, bobsledding, etc. You can also wear a gold medal too! There is paid parking underneath in the indoor garage for a nominal fee and a gift shop on the ground floor. It's definitely worth it to spend an hour or two, especially on a rainy day! read more

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Never knew a place like this existed until we came across a YouTube video. Perfect! We were staying at an Airbnb in Richmond, so we put this on our to-do list. Now, I'm a big kid at heart, so I was exited to come here and try to be an Olympian for a day. However, my body told me otherwise as I'm completely out of shape now and no longer a youngin'. I thought I would test my athleticism, but who am I kidding! It was great fun trying all the activities; there were some that we missed out on though. We didn't spend too much time here as we only paid for one hour of parking. Before leaving, I noticed they had the long jump on the ground. I tried it, and then my MIL decided to follow suit. Big mistake -- her knees are no longer supportive. She completely ate the ground upon landing. That was our cue to exit left, and so we did. I wished we stayed longer but we had to run out of embarrassment. I hope nothing was caught on tape lollll. But otherwise, highly recommend!! =] read more

It would be a fun one time experience if you're into the Olympics. They have simulations like car racing, Bob sledding, skiing, news reporting, and others. If you have young kids/are young at heart, you would appreciate this place. There's also an indoor climbing area in the same building but we didn't get to try it since we didn't know about it until we left. I don't understand why you have to pay for parking but it seemed like free parking is limited in Richmond area. Loved seeing the torches and medals through the years. read more

The Richmond Olympic Experience is a touching, thoughtful, one-of-a-kind experience. Hosted in the pristine Olympic Oval, this experience boasts a wealth of history and curations from Olympics past... They even have several interactive experiences where you can feel what it's like to be an Olympic athlete - the Mrs. was a natural bobsledder! But don't let her near the Motorsport track... HahA! read more

This is the first and only Olympic museum in Canada. I have never been to an Olympic museum before so I was curious about this place as I heard that there are sports simulators. After paying the admission fee, a guide will take you to a small theatre room on the main floor and you will watch a short film about the history of the Olympic movement. After finishing the film, the guide will take you to the first floor which has sports simulators, Olympic museum, and Olympic learning areas. The first simulator I tried was sit-ski which is a Paralympic sport. Sadly, it wasn't a complete experience as there was only one skiing pole because the right pole was missing. I thought it was weird that they let you use a simulator that wasn't even a complete fully functioning experience. Aside from that, it was fun skiing with one pole down a mountain while sitting down. The second simulator I tried was kayaking. The staff member told me that this wasn't a fully function simulator because you're basically watching a GoPro film of a kayaker going down a river. The paddling part was just to show how it felt like to kayak. Therefore, there are no winners or losers for this simulator. This simulator was only okay because the only thing I got out of this one were arm exercises. The third simulator I tried was the F1 race car. F1 motorsport is not a real Olympic sport, but I had a lot of fun using this one. The seating position, pedals, steering, sounds and seat movements felt as good as it gets for an F1 driving simulator. The last simulator I tried was ski jump. I had fun with this simulator but the graphics felt like it came from a late 90's/early 2000s computer game. There was also an area where you can test your soccer or target hockey skills on an empty net and you had to hit specific targets on the net. Just make sure you have athletic shoes for this one! One of my favourite interactive challenges was Reaction Timer. You can either play it as a single player or have a challenge with another player. There are two reaction timer games: one on the wall and one on the floor. How does it work? For the wall game, you have to press the button right away once you see it light up. For the game on the floor, you have to step on the light once you see it light up on the floor. This game is a real physical workout! I toured the rest of the museum which has displays of Olympic torches, medals, uniforms and equipment. Unfortunately, one cannot touch any of the medals, but it was nice to see them close up. Staff were friendly and helpful and there was plenty of parking in the pay parking parkade. read more

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This small-ish interactive exhibit is located inside the Richmond Olympic Oval used for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The building itself is beautiful and massive, quite impressive to see and a nice legacy for the community, it seems to get a lot of use. Underground parking is available on the west side of the building for $1 per hour but they also have a list of alternate parking on their website. I had purchased a Social Shopper coupon for this place, otherwise I don't think I would have heard about it. There were us two adults and one 10 year old. The tickets are purchased in the large open 3 story lobby. The first exhibit is a short inspiring video featuring several Olympians, it's worth seeing - as a matter of fact our timing worked perfectly for the video but I would time my visit to see that before the rest of the video (maybe call for show times?). The tour then heads up two stories to Level 3 where the actual exhibits and simulators are. There are several interactive exhibits suitable for most every age, we saw all types in there enjoying themselves. The ride on simulators they have are ski jump, bobsled, kayak and race car. There are several more interactive exhibits from testing your reflexes to Olympic television announcer. I highly recommend you just relax and take time to spend at each area instead of doing a quick walk through, we all learned a lot. The staff on site were friendly, very helpful and knowledgable. The three of us enjoyed the 1.5-2 hours we spent here. It wasn't busy so we were able to try most things several times. I would recommend it for adults and the pre-teen age group. Some items may be too advanced for younger kids. Athletes of any age should enjoy this place. There is a nice gift shop on site, I was impressed with their selection of athletic wear - I may be back just for that. read more

We had a fantastic time visiting the Olympic Experience. The volunteers were incredibly helpful, providing tips, context, and humor whenever possible. They definitely made the experience for us. One guide walked us to the theater, where we watched a short clip about the Olympic dream. Comfortable seats and we were the only ones in the theater, so that was cool. We tried out all of the simulations. My favorites were the bobsleigh, F-1, and reaction timer. It was also interesting seeing the vertical jump height calculator and the long jump records. We wanted to try the rock climbing wall but ran out of time and had to rush to our next appointment. I'd recommend giving yourself around 3 hours to explore the full place, even if you're the only ones there. We were the only visitors when we went (2pm on a Friday) but they occasionally host visits from groups of younger kids. They have a gift shop on the first floor for any souvenirs. Parking is $1/hr in the large parkade. read more

went there when it was raining, fun experience with the family, learned a bit about the city we were in and the Olympics

This is the stop on our trip with the most pictures. The kids, parents and grandparents had a fun interactive time. The docents were very nice and full of interesting information. It wasn't too busy. The simulators were the best and really helped my kids understand the sport better. We also liked the exhibit of mascots, exhibit of torches and exhibit of medals. The docents were very kind and encouraged my youngest child (4) to try a couple of activities. And she loved them. read more

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It's definitely a small exhibit but cool. I don't know that it's worth what you pay overall, I wish they'd include day visit passes to use the whole facility for what you pay plus parking fees. But overall something different to go do. read more

My fiancé and I were on vacation in Vancouver and were told to check out the Olympic experience. One of our favorite stops on our trip! We went in the morning during the week and there was no one else there so we had the whole place to ourselves. We were able to take our time reading and testing out everything that they had to offer. All of the employees were super patient and helpful. This is a great place for people of all ages to check out. Some of my favorites were the bobsled, record your own broadcast, and the ski jump. read more

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In short, too expensive for adults for the experience (we paid 19CAD per adult and 5CAD per child). I would say that 10CAD per adult would have been a fair price. I should mention that for members of the Richmond Oval it is free though. Some exhibits were out of order; some were not that fun/interesting actually. It is a pretty small "museum" but for a one time visit, it was ok. The staff however was very nice and helpful! read more

Thanks to the volunteers who showed our 2 boys (8 and 6) how to bob sled, shot hockey, drive formula 1, comment the 100m final and watch a great movie. We recommend it. read more

I general enjoy the adult classes at ROO. All classes that I took so far are great. All the teachers that I deal with are very friendly and respectful. They are quite welcoming and appreciated students taking their classes. But one particular class which is not fall in the above expectations is HECTOR who teaches KICKBOX, FORM + FUNCTION, and CORE PILATES. He was cold and ignored some of the students especially the new ones. I will not recommend anyone to his class. He has no second chance to change my perception in his teaching and my bad experience in his class. I give one star is for the beautiful building structure itself. read more

It's a great experience for me as the staff are so helpful and give instruction to us.

The interactive exhibits were underwhelming. The Olympic artifacts were however neat to see. The building itself also has interesting architecture but you don't need to pay to see that. read more

Fun for the whole family. We went on a Sunday afternoon it wasn't crowded. We were able to do the simulators and rides as much as we wanted. Volunteers working were great! read more