Adler Arena Skating Center

The Adler Arena outside. Next to it is the Sochi Autodrom.
Location	Sochi, Russia
Coordinates	43°24′31″N 39°57′10″E / 43.4086167°N 39.9528111°E / 43.4086167; 39.9528111
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]

Construction

A crystal face theme is supported by angular walls and triangular stained-glass windows. The gray and white color of the building enhances this impression. The walls along the sides of the skating rink are made transparent so that spectators can look outside. The skating center is designed to make the utmost use of local natural features.^[4]

Track records

Men[edit] Distance Skater Time Date Event 500 m Ronald Mulder 34.49 10 February 2014 Winter Olympics 1000 m Stefan Groothuis 1:08.39 12 February 2014 Winter Olympics 1500 m Zbigniew Bródka 1:45.006 15 February 2014 Winter Olympics 3000 m Ivan Skobrev 3:43.49 3 February 2014 Test Competition 5000 m Sven Kramer 6:10.76 8 February 2014 Winter Olympics 10000 m Jorrit Bergsma 12:44.45 18 February 2014 Winter Olympics Team pursuit (8 laps)  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij 3:37.71 22 February 2014 Winter Olympics Combination Skater Points Date Match 2 x 500 m Michel Mulder 69.312 10 February 2014 Winter Olympics Sprint Dmitry Lobkov 143.840 28–29 December 2012 National Championship All-Round Ivan Skobrev 152.747 26–27 December 2012 National Championship

Women[edit] Distance Skater Time Date Event 500 m Lee Sang-hwa 37.28 11 February 2014 Winter Olympics 1000 m Zhang Hong 1:14.02 13 February 2014 Winter Olympics 1500 m Jorien ter Mors 1:53.51 16 February 2014 Winter Olympics 3000 m Ireen Wüst 4:00.34 9 February 2014 Winter Olympics 5000 m Martina Sáblíková 6:51.54 19 February 2014 Winter Olympics Team pursuit (6 laps)  Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Jorien ter Mors Ireen Wüst 2:58.05 22 February 2014 Winter Olympics Combination Skater Points Date Match 2 x 500 m Lee Sang-hwa 74.700 11 February 2014 Winter Olympics Sprint Olga Fatkulina 155.255 28–29 December 2012 National Championship All-Round Yekaterina Shikhova 166.461 26–27 December 2012 National Championship

Source: www.speedskatingnews.info^[6]

Other uses

The skating centre hosted the 2014 World Robot Olympiad.^{[citation needed]} Russia hosted their 2015 Fed Cup World Group semifinals tie at the Adler Arena.^{[citation needed]}