Winter Olympic Games 2018 Venues

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KWANDONG HOCKEY CENTRE

 

Sports: ICE HOCKEY (Women´s Tournament)

Cluster: Coastal

Location: Kwandong University, Gangneung

The Kwandong Hockey Center is a ice skating arena established in the ground of the Catholic Kwandong University in Gwan-Do, Gangneung. The Constructions on the arena started in 2014 and are expected to be completed at end of October 2016.

 

The Kwandong Hockey Center will be one of the 2 Ice Hockey venues during the PyeongChang 2018 winter olympic games, the arena will be mainly the host of the women´s tournament (all matches of the women´s tournament will be played there) and only some few games of the men´s tournament.

 

The Capacity of the arena during the PyeongChang olympics hockey matches will be 6.000 places (all for seating), The arena has four floors aboveground and one underground level. The size of the rink is in cohesion of the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) rules - 60x30m.

 

   

 

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GANGNEUNG ICE ARENA

 

Sports: SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING, FIGURE SKATING

Cluster: Coastal

Location: Gangneung Olympic Park, Gangneung

The Gangneung Ice Arena is a new indoor ice arena located in the Gangneung olympic park, The heart of the coastal cluster of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The constructions works has started in June 2014 and are expected to be completed in November 2016.

 

The Venue will host during the 2018 winter olympic games 2 different sports, all 8 Short Track Speed Skating events (men´s individual 500, 1000, 1500 and Team Relay 5000m also women´s 500, 1000, 1500 and Team Relay 3000m competitions as well) and all 5 Figure Skating events (men´s singles, women´s singles, mixed pairs, mixed Ice dance and mixed team event).

 

The Capacity of the Gangneung Ice Arena will reaches 12.000 places for seating. The Gangneung Ice Arena is designed to house two ice rinks (60m x 30m) for competition and training respectively. The building will have four floors aboveground and two underground levels. An environmentally-friendly ice cooling system will be adopted, and the facility will be used for local recreational purposes after the Games.

 

 

 

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Kwandong Hockey centre looks amazing

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GANGNEUNG OVAL

 

Sports: SPEED SKATING

Cluster: Coastal

Location: Gangneung Olympic Park, Gangneung

The Gangneung Oval is a Speed Skating arena located in the Gangneing Olympic Park, The original plan was to build the venue at the Gangneung Science Park, but because there was limited space due to the number of local businesses taking the opportunity to relocate, the oval will be built in the Gangneung Olympic Park, in the vicinity of the Gangneung Ice Arena and Gangneung Hockey Centre.

 

The Venue will host during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games all 14 Speed Skating events (Men´s 500, 1000, 1500, 5000 and 10 000m, the Team Puruit and the debuting Mass Start competitions too, Women´s 500, 1000, 1500, 3000 and 5000m, Team Pusruit and also the debuting Mass Start event).

 

The Capacity of the Gangneung Oval will have 8.000 places for seating, The Construction of the facility was started on October 29, 2014. The speed skating rink is due to be delivered by January 2017 in time for a test event scheduled the following month, The venue will consist of a double track 400 m rink and will have three floors aboveground and two underground levels.

 

 

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GANGNEUNG CURLING CENTRE

 

Sports: CURLING

Cluster: Coastal

Location: Gangneung Olympic Park, Gangneung

The Gangneung Curling Centre is a indoor ice arena located in the Gangneung coastal city. It is the only Olympic venue in Gangneung which existed prior to the election of PyeongChang as host city of the 2018 Winter Games. Before the Games it was known as the Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink. It experienced severel renovation between October 2015 and October 2016 in preparation for the Games.

 

The Venue will host during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games all Curling matches of all 3 Curling events (Men´a and Women´s tournament and the debuting Mixed Doubles tournament as well).

 

The seating capacity is 3,500. The arena was opened in 1998 and was the venue for the ice hockey tournament at the 1999 Asian Winter Games and also hosted the 2009 World Women's Curling Championships. Traditionally, as a test event, the Olympic host venue will host the World Junior Curling Championships in the year previous to the games. The arena contains 4 floors aboveground and 1 level underground. During the games there will be as usual four sheets prepared for the Curling olympic matches.

 

 

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GANGNEUNG HOCKEY CENTRE

 

Sports: ICE HOCKEY (Men´s Tournament)

Cluster: Coastal

Location: Gangneung Olympic Park, Gangneung

The Gangneung Hockey Center is a multifunctional indoor arena currently under construction in the Gangneung Olympic Park. The constructions started in June 2014 and is expected to be finished in November 2016 to be ready for 2 test events in April 2017 (the IIHF under 18 World Championships Division II Group A and one week later also the IIHF Women´s Division II Group A World Championships).

 

The Venue will be during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games one of the 2 Ice Hockey venues, The Gangneung Hockey Center will host only matches of the men´s Ice Hockey Tournament, the majority of robin-round phase matches and almost all knock-out round games including all medals matches.

 

The Capacity of the arena for the olympic hockey matches will be 10.000 all for seating. The Center will have 3 floors aboveground. The size of the rink is in accord of the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) rule 60 x 30m.

 

 

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Alpensia ski jump will also host the big air competitions of snowboarding.

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yes, just read about it today

 

Big Air ramp in PyeongChang

 

FIS Snowboard World Cup big air events will be held at the Alpensia Ski Jumping complex from 25^th-26^th November 2016 where a scaffolding structure was erected facing the ski jump, with a shared finish area between the two facilities. The competitions will serve as official test events for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang where snowboard big air will debut as an Olympic sport.

 

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The ceremonies venue will hold 35,000 only.