Aqua Wing Arena
Appearance
Location | Nagano, Japan |
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Construction | |
Broke ground | 12 October 1995 |
Opened | September 1997 |
Aqua Wing Arena is an indoor arena in Nagano, Japan. The last venue to be completed for the 1998 Winter Olympics in September 1997[1], it hosted the ice hockey events.[2] The arena was converted into an aquatics centre in 1999.[3]
The roof is retractable. The arena sat 6,000 during the Olympics and seats 2,000 currently.[4]
References
- ^ "Ice Hockey Stadium". Shinmai Mainchi Newspaper. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ 1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 223-5.
- ^ City of Nagano profile. Archived December 1, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nagano Athletic Park (Sports Park), Aqua Wing Ice Hockey Arena". Retrieved September 9, 2015.