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The Palais de Glace d'Anvers (Ijspaleis Antwerpen) was a sports venue located in
Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
,
Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. Measuring long by wide, it hosted both the
figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
and
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
events for the
1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
. The building was demolished in 2016. Later the building was converted for commercial purposes. It served, among other things, as a Renault garage, as a storage place for the vehicles of the Antwerp Taxi Maatschappij and as a parking garage under the name ''Garage Leopold''. In 2016, the building was demolished for the construction of new apartment buildings. With it, one of the last physical relics of the 1920 Olympics disappeared.


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MTRMedia.com History of Olympic ice hockey.Sports-reference.com profile of Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Buildings and structures in Antwerp Defunct sports venues in Belgium Demolished buildings and structures in Belgium Ice hockey in Belgium Indoor arenas in Belgium Indoor ice hockey venues Olympic figure skating venues Olympic ice hockey venues Sports venues demolished in 2016 Sports venues in Antwerp Province Venues of the 1920 Summer Olympics Defunct indoor arenas {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub