Mihai Flamaropol Ice Skating Rink () was an
ice arena in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
,
Romania
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. It was primarily used for
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) 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. Tw ...
, being the home arena for
Steaua Rangers team. It was built in 1958 as an open-air ice rink, and in 1972 was covered for the games of Group B of the
1972 Ice Hockey World Championships. The arena was named after footballer and ice hockey player
Mihai Flamaropol.
The ice rink was demolished in March 2016 to make way for a new 3,100-seat arena. Construction for the new arena began in early 2017
and was scheduled to be completed in 2019. The works were stopped in 2019, after the termination of the contract, due to delays and execution problems.
By 2019, construction progress was approximately 26%.
In August 2023, it was announced that the works will be resumed in 2024 with a new project that includes the remediation of construction problems and an increase capacity to 4,424 seats.
Events
*
1972 Ice Hockey World Championships Group B
* 2012
Edvin Marton,
Evgeni Plushenko,
Brian Joubert &
Stéphane Lambiel in "Kings On Ice"
* 2013
Edvin Marton,
Evgeni Plushenko & many others in "Kings On Ice 3"
References
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Sports venues in Bucharest
Ice hockey venues in Romania
Sports venues completed in 1958
Sports venues demolished in 2016
1958 establishments in Romania
2016 disestablishments in Romania
Defunct sports venues in Romania