Erzurum GSIM Ice Arena ( tr, Erzurum GSİM Buz Salonu), is an indoor

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...

arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectato ...

located at Yakutiye district of

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. The city uses t ...

, eastern

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. It was opened in 2009. The arena complex, owned by the Youth and Sport Directorate of Erzurum Province (GSİM), consists of two Olympic-size rinks in two buildings constructed side by side. The bigger venue has a

seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile th ...

for 3,000 people while the smaller hall holds 500 spectators. 3000-seat hall hosts the men's ice hockey team of the

Erzurum Gençlik SK Erzurum Gençlik Spor Kulübü is a multi-sports club established on March 14, 1995, by the Youth and Sport Directoriate (Erzurum GSİM) in Erzurum, Turkey. The club's colors are blue and white. Erzurum Gençlik SK is active in more than 30 ...

and the 500-seat hall the women's team. Both teams play in the

Turkish Ice Hockey Super League The Turkish Ice Hockey Super League ( tr, Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Süper Ligi, abbreviated TBHSL) is the highest level of professional ice hockey in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the In ...

and the Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League respectively.

International events hosted

* 25th Winter Universiade – Ice hockey – January 27 – February 6, 2011 * 11th IIHF World Championship Division III – April 15–21, 2012 * 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival – February 12–17, 2017

References

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International events hosted

See also

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