Vienna Watersports Arena | |
About | |
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Locale | Vienna, Austria |
Managing agent | Austrian Canoe Federation |
Main shape | Loop |
Adjustable | Yes |
Water source | New Danube River Channel |
Pumped | Yes |
Practice pool | Yes |
Grandstands | Bleachers |
Canoe lift | Yes |
Facilities | Yes |
Construction | 2010-2013 |
Opening date | August 2013 |
Stats | |
Length | 255 metres (837 ft) |
Drop | 3.75 metres (12 ft) |
Slope | 1.5% (80 ft/mile) |
Flowrate | 12 m3/s (420 cu ft/s) |
Vienna Watersports Arena |
The Vienna Watersports Arena is an artificial whitewater venue for canoe and kayak slalom competition in Vienna, Austria, the only such facility in Austria. It also serves as a family water park, with guided raft trips and practice times for individual boaters. Located across the Danube from the city, on Danube Island, it pumps its water from the New Danube river channel. It opened in August 2013; the following June it hosted the 2014 European Canoe Slalom Championships.[1]