Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio
Ice stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
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Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio (English: Olympic Ice Stadium) is an indoor stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
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) | |
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]
Gallery
The Olympic cauldron from the 1956 Winter Olympics.
Stadium entrance
Plaque commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the 1956 Winter Olympics
Inside the stadium
Olympic Ice Stadium in Summer 1971
The stadium hosting curling during the 2026 Winter Olympics
