Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena (真駒内セキスイハイムアイスアリーナ) is an indoor

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Minami-ku, Sapporo is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Minami-ku is directly translated as "south ward". Having the area of 657.48 km² in total, Minami-ku occupies 60 percent of the area of Sapporo. Overview According to the jūminhyō (re ...

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. It was built in December, 1970, holds 11,500 people (10,024 seats, fixed plus temporary, and 1,476 standing places), and has an area of 10,133 m² in total. 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 some of the

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 ...

games and the closing ceremonies from the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

were held at this arena.1972 Winter Olympics official report.
pp. 256-8.

Overview

After the Games, the arena is utilized as a permanent

rink open to the community. Located at the northern end of the Makomanai Park, the arena is used not only as an ice skating venue, but also for a huge meeting, and concert venue. The stadium has been known as its nickname, "Makomanai Ice Arena", and on April 1, 2007, the nickname was changed to the "Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena", after ''Sekisui Heim'', a Japanese

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company, acquired its

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. In 1998, it was one of the venues for the Volleyball Men's World Championship, the Pool D of the tournament was played here.

Location

The arena is a 20 to 25 minute walk from

Makomanai Station Makomanai Station (真駒内駅) is a rapid transit station in Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The station number is N16. It is the south terminus of the Namboku Line. The Makomanai Park is about 10 minutes by bus, or 20 minutes walking d ...

on the Namboku Line.

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External links

Makomanai Indoor Stadium Homepage
Venues of the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skating venues Indoor arenas in Japan Indoor ice hockey venues in Japan Sports venues in Sapporo Sports venues completed in 1972 2017 Asian Winter Games Venues 1972 establishments in Japan {{Winter-Olympic-venue-stub

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