Sydney Ice Arena was an
ice sports
Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice. Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold are ...
and public ice skating centre, located in
Norwest, New South Wales
Norwest is a suburb of the Hills District within Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located 35 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district. The Norwest Business Park is located within Nor ...
. It hosted a number of major events, including Australian Ice Hockey League games.
A development application was submitted by property owner Hillsong, seeking to demolish the arena to make way for apartment blocks with retail facilities, and was approved by council. Demolition of the arena was scheduled to begin on October 24, 2017.
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Facilities
The arena contained an ice hockey rink which was also used for other ice-based sports and general ice-skating by the public and school groups. There was also a large stand of seating along one side of the arena for spectators, with the addition of other seating in other locatio
ns. Other facilities included a kiosk, cafe, ice-skating shop and hire shop.
Events
See also
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List of ice rinks in Australia
There are 20 ice rinks in total around Australia. They are used for recreational, educational and private use. Most of these ice rinks have private lessons in all aspects of ice sports such as ice hockey and figure skating.
Current venues
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References
External links
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{{Australian Women's Ice Hockey League
Ice hockey venues in Australia
Sports venues in Sydney
Indoor arenas in Australia
Figure skating venues in Australia
Speed skating venues in Australia