Gangneung Ice Arena Explained

Stadium Name:Gangneung Ice Arena
Location:Gangneung, South Korea
Coordinates:37.7793°N 128.8971°W
Construction Cost:US$85 million
Seating Capacity:12,000

Gangneung Ice Arena (Korean: 강릉 아이스 아레나) is an indoor ice arena, built for the 2018 Winter Olympics. It is located in the coastal city of Gangneung. It was the venue for two sports: figure skating and short track speed skating.[1]

The seating capacity is 12,000. The Gangneung Ice Arena is designed to house two ice rinks (60x), one for competition and one for training. The building has four floors aboveground and two underground levels. An environmentally-friendly ice cooling system was adopted, and the facility is used for local recreational purposes since the Games.

The cost of construction was US$85 million and the facility was inaugurated on 14 December 2016.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pyeongchang Volume 2 . 2014-04-12 . Newhorizons . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318102233/http://www.pyeongchang2018.org/upload/downloads/pyeongchang2018_web_volume2.pdf . 2012-03-18 .
  2. https://www.olympic.org/news/pyeongchang-2018-opens-first-new-venue-in-gangneung PyeongChang 2018 opens first new venue in Gangneung