Richmond Oval (other)
Richmond Oval may refer to: *Richmond Olympic Oval, in the Canadian city of Richmond, near Vancouver, British Columbia *Richmond Oval (South Australia) Richmond Oval (also known as Hisense Stadium due to naming rights) is an Australian rules football oval in Richmond, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It has been the home of South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club ...

Richmond Olympic Oval
The Richmond Olympic Oval () is an indoor multi-sports arena in the Canada, Canadian city of Richmond, British Columbia. The oval was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and was originally configured with a speed skating rink. The venue has since been reconfigured and now serves as a community multi-sport park and includes two ice hockey rinks, two running tracks, a climbing wall, a rowing tank and a flexible area which can be used for, among other sports, basketball, volleyball, indoor soccer and table tennis. The Bids for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Olympic bid called for the oval to be located on the grounds of Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Burnaby, but Richmond was instead selected in 2004. Although twice the price of the SFU alternative, the location was selected because the city offered to cover all costs exceeding $60 million. Construction started in 2006, cost $178 million Canadian Dollar, CAD and the venue opened on 12 December 2008. In addition to speed skating at the 20 ...
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