. >> reporter: color commentator and former curler john benton says it's due to more and more tv coveragequent olympics. >> the growth has been unbelievable. i think somewhere between 50% and 60% growth since 2006. it's been amazing to see what happens when people watch curling and get to experience it. >> reporter: tonight when you watch curling, it's taking place in a venue called the ice cube. what makes this interesting is that it's actually transportable. you can deconstruct it and move it to different parts of russia, so to speak. it cost $14 million. this is a growing trend in olympic venues. there have been so many stories about old venues that never get used again, become just derelict buildings. they're trying to avoid that. we saw a little of it in london and now are seeing it here in russia as well, to make it more useful in the future. sue, tyler, back to you. tyler, you are norwegian, you got to watch the norwegians tonight. they have crazy, crazy pants. >> they really do. they absolutely do. >> who said we norwegians don't have a sense of humor, that we're not funny? we are