Gangneung Ice Arena ( ko, 강릉 아이스 아레나) is an indoor ice arena, built for the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , wint ...

. It is located in the coastal city of

Gangneung Gangneung () is a municipal city in the province of Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 213,658 (as of 2017).Gangneung City (2003)Population & Households. Retrieved January 14, 2006. Gangneung is the economic ...

. It was the venue for two sports:

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 ...

and

short track speed skating Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as ...

. The seating capacity is 12,000. The Gangneung Ice Arena is designed to house two ice rinks (), 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.PyeongChang 2018 opens first new venue in Gangneung
- ''International olympic committee''. Retrieved on 16 December 2016.

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{{Olympic venues short track speed skating Sports venues in Gangneung Venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skating venues Olympic short track speed skating venues Indoor arenas in South Korea Sports venues completed in 2016

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