List of indoor speed skating rinks

This is a list of all full-length (400 meter) indoor speed skating rinks in the world.[2] The Richmond Olympic Oval and the Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium) are the only venues to have been dismantled as a speed skating rink, in 2010 and 1992 respectively.[3] The first indoor artificial speed skating oval was the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in East Berlin, Germany in 1985. The first indoor artificial speed skating oval used in the Winter Olympics was the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1988. Since the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway all speed skating competitions have been held in indoor ovals.

Uralskaya Molniya
Arena Lodowa Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland[1]

Current rinks
VenueCityCountryAltitude
(m)		Altitude
(ft)		OpenedOlympicsCapacity
Minsk ArenaMinsk Belarus209 68620103,000
Olympic OvalCalgary Canada1,105 3,625198719884,000
Pomeroy Sport CentreFort St. John Canada671 2,20120091,000
National Speed Skating OvalBeijing China49 1612020202212,000
Jilin Provincial Speed Skating RinkChangchun China210 69020162,600
Daqing StadiumDaqing China149 48920051,800
Heilongjiang Indoor RinkHarbin China141 46319954,500
Indoor Ice RinkQiqihar China146 4792007
Bayi Speed Skating OvalShenyang China48 1571999
Xinjiang Ice Sport CentreÜrümqi China1,710 5,6102015
Sportforum HohenschönhausenBerlin Germany34 11219853,700
Gunda-Niemann-Stirnemann-HalleErfurt Germany214 70220014,000
Eisstadion InzellInzell Germany690 2,26020116,000
Oval LingottoTorino Italy233 764200520068,500
YS Arena HachinoheHachinohe Japan13 432019
M-WaveNagano Japan346 1,135199619986,400
Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi OvalObihiro Japan79 25920093,000
Alau Ice PalaceNur-Sultan Kazakhstan348 1,14220118,000
Leisure World Ice CenterDronten Netherlands−3 −9.81998
De WestfriesHoorn Netherlands0 02006
IJsbaan TwenteEnschede Netherlands27 8920082,000
KardingeGroningen Netherlands0 01993
ThialfHeerenveen Netherlands0 0198612,500
ElfstedenhalLeeuwarden Netherlands0 02015
Schaatsbaan RotterdamRotterdam Netherlands−2 −6.62013
Ireen Wüst IJsbaanTilburg Netherlands13 432009
FosenhallenBotngård Norway8 2620071,500
VikingskipetHamar Norway125 4101992199410,600
Arena NordvestKristiansund Norway22 722018
Sørmarka ArenaStavanger Norway48 15720104,000
Arena Lodow Tomaszów Mazowiecki-LodschTomaszów Mazowiecki Poland153 502201711,000
Uralskaya MolniyaChelyabinsk Russia222 72820051,600
Speed Skating CentreKolomna Russia120 39020066,150
Ice Palace KrylatskoyeMoscow Russia127 41720048,000
Gangneung OvalGangneung South Korea26 85201520188,000
Taereung Indoor Ice RinkSeoul South Korea63 20720002,700
RudhallenGothenburg Sweden40 1302002
Pettit National Ice CenterMilwaukee United States216 70919932 500
Utah Olympic OvalKearns United States1,423 4,669200020026,500

Under construction
VenueCityCountryAltitude
(m)		Altitude
(ft)		OpeningCapacity
Centre de GlacesQuebec City Canada103 338Fall 20212 500

Closed/Reconfigured rinks
VenueCityCountryAltitude
(m)		Altitude
(ft)		OpenedClosedOlympics
Adler Arena Skating CenterSochi Russia27 8920122014 [nb 1][4]2014
Richmond Olympic OvalRichmond Canada4 1320082010[nb 2]2010
Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium)[5]St. Petersburg Russia15 4919811992

Notes
  1. After the Olympics the rink is to be converted into a trade and exhibition center.
  2. Reconfigured into a community centre including NHL/short track sized arena, track and fitness area. Pre-construction documents indicated that the full length oval would be covered by rubber mats to allow it to host future long track competitions. However, its status is currently unknown.

References
  1. "New USD 13 million speed skating arena opens in Poland". Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  2. Speed Skating News
  3. "Rink Card – Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium)". Speed Skating News. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  4. "Olympic Oval Skating Center". Sochi 2014. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  5. 333,3 meter rink
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