The Wales National Ice Rink (WNIR) was an
ice rink
An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice created using hardened chemicals where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The ...
in
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
. It was the former home of the
Cardiff Devils 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 h ...
team. The WNIR was opened in September 1986,
and was inaugurated by the
Duchess of York on 27 April 1987.
Meat Loaf
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performed on December 4th, 1993 on the Everything Louder tour to a crowd of 4,300. It was demolished in September 2006
to make way for expansion of the
St David's, Cardiff Shopping Centre,
with the site now occupied by
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
.
Closure
In April 2006, the final
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 h ...
game hosted at the location was a special "End Of An Era" game featuring former ''Devils'' players against the 2005/2006 Devils squad. The facility later closed to leisure skaters in June 2006. Following the closure, the temporary
Cardiff Bay Ice Rink was constructed within the
Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff,
which was used to host Devil's home games until the opening of
Ice Arena Wales
Ice Arena Wales (IAW) ( cy, Canolfan Iâ Cymru) is an ice hockey rink in the Cardiff International Sports Village in Cardiff, Wales. It opened on 12 March 2016, and has two ice rinks and seating for 3,088 spectators.
It is home to the Cardif ...
in March 2016.
See also
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Sport in Cardiff
Sport in Cardiff is dictated by, amongst other things, its position as the capital city of Wales, meaning that national home sporting fixtures are nearly always played in the city. All of Wales' multi-sports agencies and many of the country's ...
References
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Last Day of Demolition
Indoor ice hockey venues in Wales
Defunct sports venues in Wales
Demolished buildings and structures in Wales
Sports venues completed in 1986
Sports venues demolished in 2006
1986 establishments in Wales
2006 disestablishments in Wales
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