Hala Olivia

The building has a volume of 80,000 m³ (2,800,000 cu ft) and a height of 12 metres (39 ft). It consists of two halls, one with 3,867 permanent seats, and one with 800. The former can handle up to 6,500 people at once.^[1]

It is owned and used by Stoczniowiec Gdańsk, the city of Gdańsk's ice hockey team. It also contains a 50-room hotel, Hotel Olivia.^[2] Found at the intersection of two roads – al. Grunwaldzka and ul. Bażyńskiego – he arena is located very close to the Olivia Centre, a business park containing the largest building in northern Poland.^[3]

The arena was designed by Stanisław Kuś,^[4] Maciej Krasiński [pl], and Maciej Gintowt [pl], for the purposes of ice hockey team Stoczniowiec Gdańsk.^[1] It was constructed over the course of seven years.^[5] It was designed to resemble a boat sailing among sea waves.^[4] The first national conference of Solidarność took place there in 1981.^[5]

Hala Olivia was closed from 11 to 28 December 2007 due to the risk of its roof caving in;^[6] the roof was then repaired, with the repairs being finished in November 2010. In December 2014, a general renovation of the whole building began.^[7] At a cost of 22 million zł, in 2016, another renovation was carried out, restoring it to its initial condition, as it had appeared in 1972.^[8][9]