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Milan Hockey Arena Delays May Force NHL Stars on Untested Ice
Forget about thin ice. For now, there’s no ice.
With NHL players preparing to return to the Olympic Games for the first time in more than a decade, building work on the main hockey arena for the Milan-Cortina Games is going down to the wire.
Local organizers confirmed on Wednesday that the primary trial competition for the 16,000-seat Santagiulia facility that was scheduled for December has been relocated to a smaller arena – and that no new test event has been arranged yet.
The issue raises the prospect that there might not be a game held in the main arena until the puck is dropped for the women's initial games at the Olympics on 5 February – one day before the opening ceremony.
“It’s going to be extremely tight to the start of the Olympics, the schedule is very tight. But we knew that,” Milan-Cortina local organizing committee CEO Andrea Varnier stated in a recent update.
The event that was supposed to test the Santagiulia ice was part of the U20 world championship from 8-14 December. That event has been moved to the Rho Fair hockey location, which is being established inside a giant exhibition hall on Milan’s outskirts and will stage secondary matches during the games.
Typically, freshly built Olympic facilities are tested at least the year before to hosting medal events. And with a large hockey venue, it’s not only about the playing surface and ensuring that the playing surface is prepared and secure. It’s also about testing food outlets, bathrooms and all other amenities inside a brand-new contemporary stadium.
This new facility, which is being constructed by a commercial firm, is slated to become Italy’s largest indoor arena. Following the Olympics, it’s being eyed as a possible future host of the ATP Tour Finals tennis tournament.
Despite the delays and concerns, expensive passes are already being sold for events at the Santagiulia arena. Tickets for the men’s gold medal game on 22 February – the final day of the Olympics – are priced at as much as €1,400 (more than $1,600). This exceeds the price of any other athletic competition at the Milan-Cortina Games. Only passes for the inaugural and final events are priced higher.
The return of NHL players at the Olympics was announced in February of last year, with the world’s top hockey organization permitting its athletes to compete in the Winter Games for the first time since 2014 in Sochi.
The men’s Olympic hockey competition is scheduled to take place from 11-22 February. Women's tournament occurs from 5-19 February.
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