The Brașov Olympic Ice Rink ( ro, Patinoarul Olimpic Brașov) is a
multi-purpose ice rink in
Brașov
Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County.
According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a pop ...
,
Romania
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. Located at number 5 Turnului Street which is 5 minutes walking distance from the railway station and easily accessible by public transportation, it was opened in January 2010.
Construction
The construction of the rink began on 16 May 2008. The proposed location was the Sports Park (then Tractorul Park), 730 metres north-west, in the place of a disused artificial pond.
The rink was inaugurated on the 18 January 2010, with the goal of hosting competitions at the
2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
The 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was an international multi-sport event held between 17 and 22 February 2013, in Braşov, Romania, with some of the events also held in Râșnov, Predeal and Fundata. It was the 11th edition of the E ...
.
The ice rink was first tested on 18 February 2010 by
Tanja Szewczenko and
Norman Jeschke and officially later that day with an ice hockey game between
Corona Brașov and
Steaua Rangers.
Technical details
There are three general areas:
* Areas for sportsmen:
** Special access for sportsmen, referees and officials
** 6 locker rooms with 25 places each
** Locker room for the referees with 5 places
** First aid room and doping control rooms
** 2 gyms
* Areas for the public:
** 4 staircases in the corners of the hall, each with a bathroom at the base
** 1,584 seats
** 3 evacuation staircases, and terraces on the second floor and around the building
** areas for renting skates, selling tickets, public locker room, bar, each with a bathroom
* Areas for the officials: separate access, conference room, administrative and storage rooms, bathrooms, special access for the
resurfacer, inside and outside technical areas
The possibility exists to extend the seating capacity for special events, in which case the hall could host a total of over 2,000 people, including 400 standing.
The temperature in the spectator area is usually around 16 degrees
Celsius, and that of the ice can range, depending on the event, between –6 (for
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 m ...
) to –15 (for
hockey
Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...
).
The ice is levelled using an Olympia
ice resurfacer
An ice resurfacer is a vehicle or hand-pushed device used to clean and smooth the surface of a sheet of ice, usually in an ice rink. The first ice resurfacer was developed by American inventor and engineer Frank Zamboni in 1949 in the city of P ...
built by
Resurfice Corporation.
The rink contains removable tribunes and the locker rooms can be used simultaneously by 120 athletes. Also, the necessary material equipments have been executed, such as furniture, displaying and sounding system, ventilation equipments and refrigerating systems.
Gallery
File:Patinoarul Olimpic Brasov - panoramio - Andrei Dan Suciu.jpg,
File:Patinoarul Olimpic Brasov - panoramio.jpg,
File:Brașov Olympic Ice Rink.jpg,
External links
Brașov Olympic Ice Rinkat ''EuroHockey''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brasov Olympic Ice Rink
Buildings and structures in Brașov
Indoor arenas in Romania
Indoor ice hockey venues in Romania