Location | Sochi, Russia |
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Coordinates | 43°24′31″N 39°57′10″E / 43.4086167°N 39.9528111°E |
Capacity | 8,000 Olympic Mode[1] |
Construction | |
Opened | 2012[1] |
Construction cost | $32,8 million |
Tenants | |
2013 Russian Speed Skating Championships 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 2014 Winter Olympics (speed skating)[1] |
The Adler Arena Trade And Exhibition Center (Адлер-Арена) is an 8,000-seat speed skating oval in the Olympic Park, Sochi, Russia. It opened in 2012 and looks like an iceberg or ice fault.[citation needed] The center hosted the speed skating events at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Original plans for after the Olympics were for the Adler Arena to be turned into an exhibition center.[1][2][3][4]
It cost $32.8 million to build the venue, including the temporary works for the Olympics. Before the Olympics it hosted the 2013 Russian Speed Skating Championships in December 2012 and the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships from 21 to 24 March 2013.[5]