Gangneung Ice Arena

Gangneung Ice Arena (강릉 아이스 아레나) is a future indoor ice arena which will be built for the 2018 Winter Olympics. It is located in the coastal city of Gangneung. It will be 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 (60m x 30m) for competition and training respectively. The building will have four floors aboveground and two underground levels. An environmentally-friendly ice cooling system will be adopted, and the facility will be used for local recreational purposes after the Games.

The cost of construction for the Olympics is 85 million USD. Construction has started and should be completed in November 2016.

References

↑ "Pyeongchang Volume 2" (PDF). Newhorizons. Retrieved 2014-04-12.

Coordinates: 37°46′46″N 128°53′50″E / 37.7793056°N 128.897111°E / 37.7793056; 128.897111

Venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics

Pyeongchang
Mountain Cluster

Alpensia
- Biathlon Centre
- Cross-Country Centre
- Ski Jumping Centre
- Sliding Centre
- Convention Centre
- IBC
Yongpyong Resort
Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
Pyeongchang Olympic Village

Stand-alone venues : Bokwang Phoenix Park
Jeongseon Alpine Centre

Gangneung
Coastal Cluster

Italics indicate non-competition venues.

Olympic venues in figure skating

1908: Prince's Skating Club 1920: Palais de Glace d'Anvers 1924: Stade Olympique de Chamonix 1928: St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink 1932: Olympic Arena 1936: Olympia-Kunsteisstadion 1948: Olympic Stadium 1952: Bislett Stadium 1956: Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio 1960: Blyth Arena 1964: Olympiahalle 1968: Le Stade de Glace 1972: Makomanai Ice Arena (final), Mikaho Indoor Skating Rink 1976: Olympiahalle 1980: Olympic Center 1984: Skenderija II Hall, Zetra Ice Hall 1988: Olympic Saddledome (final), Stampede Corral 1992: La halle de glace Olympique 1994: Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre 1998: White Ring 2002: Salt Lake Ice Center 2006: Palavela 2010: Pacific Coliseum 2014: Iceberg Skating Palace 2018: Gangneung Ice Arena 2022: Capital Indoor Stadium NOTE: During the Olympic Games, venues that have naming rights sold may not use their name during the Olympic Games.

Olympic venues in short track speed skating

1988: Max Bell Arena (demonstration) 1992: La halle de glace Olympique 1994: Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre 1998: White Ring 2002: Salt Lake Ice Center 2006: Palavela 2010: Pacific Coliseum 2014: Iceberg Skating Palace 2018: Gangneung Ice Arena 2022: Capital Indoor Stadium

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