‘Ice Palace’ construction starts

In August 2018 we had Article
A new home for hockey: North Van architect designs Mongolia’s first indoor rink.

Now comes word that the indoor ice rink is being built.

By News MN

Construction began started on (15 April) of Mongolia’s first ever winter sports palace. Mongolian President Kh.Battulga participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of the ‘Ice Palace’, which is located in the  VIII Khoroo of Khan-Uul District of Ulaanbaatar. At the ceremony, Steppe Arena LLC promised to complete construction of the ‘Ice Palace’ within 16 months. The 5700 square meter structure is expected to open in 2021.

The ‘Ice Palace’ will have an Olympic-size frozen arena with 2600 seats. The ice rink can be used for all ice sports, including figure skating, curling, short track speed skating. In addition to being available for year-round use, it will be an all-purpose facility, which means that the ice rink can be transformed into a ‘dry arena’ with special elastic covers which will make it possible to be used for basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, and taekwondo competitions. It can even be used for cultural events and concerts.

1 Comment

  1. Franco

    GREAT NEWS! AND NOW, MONGOLIA HAS TO PLAY AGAIN AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!! I HOPE, THE IIHF HAVE NOTICED THAT…

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