Plans for Canberra’s new state-of-the-art ice sports activities facility proceed to unfold.

The Tuggeranong venue, set to be constructed on Rowland Rees Crescent in Greenway, might be named Canberra Arena and is predicted to open in 2025.

Canberra Arena might be house to Canberra’s ice sport athletes together with the nationwide ice hockey champions, the CBR Brave.

The new facility will function two international-standard ice sheets for determine skating, broomball, pace skating and ice hockey, in addition to devoted curling sheets – the primary of its variety in Australia.

Capacity for as much as 3600 spectators will permit extra followers of ice sports activities to observe their favorite codes and uncover new ones.

It’s not simply ice sports activities devotees who will profit from this new enviornment both. Rock climbers can reap the benefits of a complicated indoor rock-climbing facility that may cater to all three Olympic disciplines of lead, pace and bouldering.

A spread of environmentally sustainable options might be included as a part of the world’s design, together with photo voltaic panels to cut back power consumption and the availability of LED sports activities lighting.

The ACT Government accepted the detailed proposal from builders Cruachan Investments and Pelligra Holdings in late 2022 to design, assemble, personal, function and preserve the brand new facility.

ACT Ice Sports Federation President Tony Prescott welcomed the progress.

“The ACT Ice Sports Federation is committed to partnering with the ACT Government along with Cruachan Investments and Pelligra Holdings to realise our dream of a state-of-the-art facility capable of meeting the future needs of all of our ice sports, and creating new opportunities and pathways for local kids,” he stated.

“We anticipate the new facility also will become a national centre of excellence for ice sports and a natural home for local, national and international level ice sports events.”

Stephen Campbell, Director, Cruachan Investments, stated: “This is an exciting time for ice sports in the ACT. A new facility of international standard will provide the perfect environment to encourage more people to participate in ice sports and provide exceptional amenities for those spectating.”

“We are looking forward to creating Australia’s first ice sports school program to give every young person the opportunity to engage in figure skating, ice hockey, broomball, speed skating and curling,” he stated.

Canberra Arena might be house to Canberra’s ice sport athletes, together with the nationwide ice hockey champions, the CBR Brave.

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