Dundee Ice Arena is a multi-purpose

ice rink An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice created using hardened chemicals where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The ...

arena located in the Camperdown area of

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

. The arena has a capacity of 2,400 seats making it the fourth largest ice rink arena by capacity in

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after the Braehead Arena,

Murrayfield Ice Rink Murrayfield Ice Rink is a 3,800-seat multi-purpose arena in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland, adjacent to Murrayfield Stadium. It was built between 1938 and 1939 and is home to the Edinburgh Capitals ice hockey team and a seven-sh ...

and the

Fife Ice Arena Fife Ice Arena (originally known as Kirkcaldy Ice Rink) opened in 1938. Kirkcaldy Ice Rink was designed by architects Williamson & Hubbard. Fife Ice Arena is the home venue of the oldest ice hockey team in the UK – the Fife Flyers. It is als ...

. It hosts a number of events such as

Dundee Stars The Dundee Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in the Scottish city of Dundee. They were formed in 2001 and play their home games at the Dundee Ice Arena, situated off the city's main Kingsway dual carriageway. The current title s ...

home

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games and

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

competitions and is also the host venue for th
7th WUKF World Karate Championships
which will be the first of its kind to be held in Scotland.

History

The Dundee Ice Arena was built in 2000 at a cost of £6.6 million and has running costs of approximately £400,000 per year. The Dundee Ice Arena opened allowing the Dundee Tigers SNL team to return to home ice after a decade of nomadic existence. The Tigers won the Scottish National League in the 2000/01 season in front of crowds regularly exceeding 1200 spectators.

Dundee Stars

For the 2001/02 season, the

ice hockey club was formed, making the ice arena their home venue. The Stars played initially in the British National League, 2001 - 2005, before competing in the SNL and Northern League for 5 seasons. Before stepping up to compete in the top professional league in the UK, the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) since the 2010/11 season. The Stars were formed in August 2001 and will celebrate their 20th Anniversary season, once the puck drops in September 2021. The Dundee Stars regularly host crowds in excess of 1500 and most recently hosted the Fife Flyers on 22/2/20, for the first sell out (2400) at Dundee Ice Arena in the EIHL era.

Ice Dundee

Dundee Ice Arena is home to Ice Dundee, a fantastic group with some of the best figure skaters in the UK, who regularly compete for GB and Ireland at European and World Championships. They are coached by Simon Briggs and Debi Briggs British Ladies number one and four time British Ladies Champion Natasha McKay currently trains at DIA, alongside British Ladies Number two Karly Robertson and British Ladies number three

Danielle Harrison Danielle Harrison (born 15 November 1999) is a retired English figure skater. She won the British senior national title in December 2015. Personal life Danielle Harrison was born on 15 November 1999 in Basingstoke, England. The daughter of ...

World Karate Championships 2018

In 2018, the Dundee Ice Arena was the host venue of the 7th WUKF World Karate Championships, the largest sporting event to be held in Dundee as well as being the first city in Scotland to host the event. During the championships, the ice rink was converted into a platform which was used for the karate events, the ice arena therefore was temporary closed to let the conversion work begin.

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