The Emmental Versicherung Arena (officially written as emmental versicherung arena) is an ice sports and event centre located in the Swiss municipality of

Langnau im Emmental Langnau im Emmental () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Emmental (administrative district), Emmental in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. It is situated i ...

, in the

canton of Bern The canton of Bern, or Berne (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the c ...

. It was completed in 1975. The arena serves as the home venue for the ice hockey club

SCL Tigers The SC Langnau Tigers are a professional ice hockey team from Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland. They play in the National League (NL). The team plays its home games in the 6,050-seat Emmental Versicherung Arena, which is currently one of the sm ...

and has a total seating capacity of 6,050, making it the second-smallest ice rink among all the

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teams. Its original name is derived from the nearby river Ilfis.

History

The present ''emmental versicherung arena'' originated from the Kunsteisbahn Langnau, which was built in 1959. In 1975, the stadium was covered and named Ilfishalle. It underwent renovation in 2012, reducing its seating capacity from 6,300 to 6,050 spectators. The total cost of this construction project exceeded 33 million CHF. Since March 2023, the facility has been supplemented by an extension building featuring a second ice rink, an athletic area, and dining facilities, situated directly adjacent to the arena. Since September 2023, the ice arena has been named ''emmental versicherung arena'', after the emmental versicherung company from

Konolfingen Konolfingen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Bern-Mittelland (administrative district), Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. History Konolf ...

Spectators

The SCL Tigers have strong roots in the

Emmental The Emmental (, ) is a valley in west-central Switzerland, forming part of the canton of Bern. It is a hilly landscape comprising the basins of the rivers Emme and Ilfis. The region is mostly devoted to farming, particularly dairy farming. The ...

region's population. The average attendance is around 5,600 spectators per game.

References

External links

* ILFISEVENT
Gastro.Culture.Congress
(German) * Hockeyarenas
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