Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio
Olympic Ice Stadium in Summer 2013 | |
Interactive map of Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio | |
| Location | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
|---|---|
| Construction | |
| Built | 1952–1954 |
| Opened | 26 October 1955 |
| Architect | Mario Ghedina, Francesco Uras, Riccardo Nalli [1] |
| Tenants | |
| Piemont Rebelles (IHLW) | |
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio (English: Olympic Ice Stadium) is an indoor stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
History
It was built between 1952 and 1954, primarily as an open air figure skating arena in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, to hold between seven and eight thousand spectators, with the possibility of making temporary arrangements to accommodate twelve to fifteen thousand for the period of the Olympics. The venue was inaugurated on 26 October 1955. During the 1956 Winter Olympics, the arena held the opening and closing ceremonies, the figure skating events and select ice hockey games.[2]
Sometime after 1981, a roof was added to the structure. The stadium hosted curling during the 2026 Winter Olympics, and it also hosted wheelchair curling and the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
In popular culture
The stadium is shown in the 1981 James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only, where Bond (played by Roger Moore) met with the villainous Aris Kristatos (Julian Glover), and Kristatos tries to trick Bond into pursuing and killing his rival Milos Columbo (Topol).[3]
References
- ^ Villardi, Leopoldo. "Continuing Education: The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics". Architectural Record. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Cortina 1956 Olympic Winter Games Report - (PDF) page 121" (PDF) (in Italian). la84.org. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ "Guide to Movie Locations". movie-locations.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
External links
- 1956 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) pages 121 to 130. (in English and Italian)
- Cortina Sports Venues Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)