Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio - Cortina d'Ampezzo - Italy - Modern Olympic Venues on Waymarking.com

Located in Cortina's city center, this stadium held some events in 1956 Winter Olympics games.
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio (English: Olympic Ice Stadium) was built between 1952 and 1954, primarily as an open air Figure skating arena in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, to hold between seven and eight thousand spectators, with the possibility of making temporary arrangements to accommodate twelve to fifteen thousand for the period of the Olympics. The venue was inaugurated on 26 October 1955. During the 1956 Winter Olympics, the arena held the opening and closing ceremonies, the figure skating events and select ice hockey games.Sometime after 1981, a roof was added to the structure. The stadium will host curling in the 2026 Winter Olympics and it will also host wheelchair curling in the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
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Olympic Games: Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter 1956 Sport held at venue: Opening/Closing Ceremonies Sport held at venue No 2: Skating (Winter)- Figure skating Start and/or Finish: Not Aplicable Web Address with Additional Details: [Web Link] Reference Supporting Olympic Use: Website Current Use: Winter sports like hockey Olympic Games No 2: Not listed Olympic Games No 3: Not listed Additional sport(s) held at venue: Not listed Details of Reference Supporting Olympic Use: Not listed Parking Area: Not Listed

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