Dundee Ice Arena

Dundee Ice Arena is a multi-purpose ice rink arena located in the Camperdown area of Dundee. The arena has a capacity of 2,300 seats making it the fourth largest ice rink arena by capacity in Scotland after the Braehead Arena, Murrayfield Ice Rink and the Fife Ice Arena.

Dundee Ice Arena
Address7 Dayton Drive
LocationDundee, Scotland
OwnerLeisure and Culture Dundee
OperatorLeisure and Culture Dundee
Capacity2,300
Construction
Broke ground1998
Opened2000
Construction cost£6.6 million
Tenants
Dundee Stars
Dundee Tigers

It hosts a number of events such as Dundee Stars home hockey games[1] and figure skating competitions and is also the host venue for the 7th WUKF World Karate Championships which will be the first of its kind to be held in Scotland.

History

The Dundee Ice Arena was built in 2000 at a cost of £6.6 million and has running costs of £400,000. [2][3]

The year Dundee Ice Arena opened the Dundee Tigers returned to home ice after a decade of nomadic existence. The Tigers won the Scottish National League in the 2000/01 season in front of crowds regularly exceeding 1200 spectators.

A year after the Dundee Ice Arena opened, the Dundee Stars ice hockey club was formed where they made the ice arena their home venue. The Dundee Ice Arena also became the home to the Dundee Tigers, a smaller ice hockey club that was formed shortly after the Dundee Stars.

World Karate Championships 2018

In 2018, the Dundee Ice Arena was the host venue of the 7th WUKF World Karate Championships, the largest sporting event to be held in Dundee as well as being the first city in Scotland to host the event. During the championships, the ice rink was converted into a platform which was used for the karate events, the ice arena therefore was temporary closed to let the conversion work begin.

References
  1. "Dundee Stars Ice Hockey Club Venue". Dundee Ice Services Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  2. "Dundee's Ice Arena bucks national trend". Evening Telegraph (Dundee). 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  3. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/308951/response/754160/attach/html/2/20160104001%20Spearman.doc.html

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