Aqua Wing Arena
長野運動公園総合運動場総合市民プール"アクアウィング" | |
Aqua Wing | |
 Aqua Wing Arena in April 2019 | |
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| Former names | Aqua Wing Arena |
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| Location | Nagano, Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°39′38″N 138°13′59″E / 36.66056°N 138.23306°E |
| Capacity | 6,000 for ice hockey, 2,000 for swimming |
| Acreage | 5.2ha |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 12 October 1995 |
| Opened | September 1997 |
| Construction cost | 9.1 billion yen[a 1] |
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 Aqua Wing Arena is located in the Yoshida area of the city of Nagano, in the Nagano Sports Park (長野運動公園, Nagano undou kouen), 5 km northeast of Nagano Station. The closest station is Asahi Station on the Nagano Electric Railway, a distance of 1 km.
Big Hat, the principal venue for the ice hockey competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics, is located approximately 5.3 km southwest of Aqua Wing Arena. M-Wave, the site of the speed skating events at the Games is located approximately 2.5 km south of Aqua Wing Arena.
The arena was converted into an aquatics centre in 1999.[3] The pool consists of both a 50-meter and 25-meter swimming pools, and a diving pool[a 2]. The roof is retractable. The arena sat 6,000 during the Olympics and seats 2,000 currently.[4]
To build the ice, a temporary rink was situated on top of the 50-meter pool and diving pool, with indirect ammonia refrigeration[a 3]. The ice hockey rink was built to International Ice Hockey Federation standards, 60m x 30m[a 4]. Sound dampening measurers were used because the ice hockey rink was built atop an empty space[a 5]. The 25-meter pool was used for the sub press center[a 6].
Electricity for the Aqua Wing Arena during the games was generated by gas engines, and heat generated by the engines and freezing equipment was used as energy for the heating system[a 7]. This system resulted in capturing 80% of the heat generated by the engines and freezing equipment[a 8]. This system is used to heat the swimming pool[a 9].
Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics
Aqua Wing Arena hosted a total eight games for the men's tournament at the Winter Olympics, including two quarterfinal matches, and 15 games for women's tournament[a 10].
Public transportation
- Asahi Station on the Nagano Electric Railway is approximately 15 minutes away by foot
- Kita-Nagano Station on the Shinano Railway is approximately 15 minutes away by foot
- Bus No.7 leaves from Nagano Station, passengers disembark at Undou kouen or Undou kouen higashi
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
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"Nagano Athletic Park (Sports Park), Aqua Wing Ice Hockey Arena". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
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- ^ Hanazawa 1999b, p. 185
- ^ Hanazawa 1999b, p. 223
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- ^ Hanazawa 1999b, p. 223
- ^ Hanazawa 1999b, p. 224
- ^ Hanazawa 1999b, p. 224
- ^ Hanazawa 1999b, p. 224
- ^ Hanazawa 1999b, p. 223
Hanazawa, Nahomi (1999). The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (ed.). Official Report of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, Vol. 2: Sixteen Days of Glory (PDF). Translated by Norman Kong. Nagano (Japan): NAOC. p. 319. ISBN 4784098267.
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