Arosa sports and congress center
| Arosa sports and congress center | |
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| Sports and Congress Center Arosa (since 2011) | |
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Ice (sport) hall Obersee , artificial ice rink (KEB) |
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| place | Arosa , Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 771 392 / 183 751 |
| owner | Arosa municipality |
| operator | Arosa tourism |
| start of building | 1978 |
| opening | 1978 |
| Renovations | 2011 |
| Extensions | 2011 |
| capacity | 2,200 (previously 7,500 or 3,500) |
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The Arosa Sports and Congress Center (SKZA) , formerly known as the Obersee ice rink , is a multi-purpose building in Arosa . The building, which is the home stadium of the nine-time Swiss ice hockey champions EHC Arosa , is located in the immediate vicinity of the Obersee on Poststrasse at 1742 m .
history
EHC Arosa, founded in 1924, initially played its home games on the Innerarosa ice rink. Then you switched to the upper ice rink on Obersee. At that time, the playing field was only marked by about 10 cm high wooden straps, the spectators sat directly behind it. In 1938 the Kurverein Arosa (today: Arosa Tourismus) expanded the pavilion on the side facing the Hotel Valsana and created a grandstand. In 1951 the grandstands were enlarged and partially covered. In 1960 artificial ice was used for the first time, and from then on the facility was called the Arosa artificial ice rink (KEB).
When EHC Arosa was promoted back to National League A in 1977, new regulations made it necessary to cover the stadium, otherwise the club would have had to relegate. The hall roof was built in 1978. The great hurry during construction led to serious construction defects, as the foundations could not withstand the pressure. In the end, the roof had to be hung on an additional, visually less advantageous construction. The stadium initially had no side walls. After various complaints about the noise during the game, especially from guests of the nearby Hotel Valsana, the side panels were used.
After EHC Arosa voluntarily relegated to the first division in 1986, the dismantled east stand was sold due to a lack of demand, so that the hall still offered space for around 3,500 spectators. Since 2011 the capacity has been 2,200 people.
The official stadium record is 8,131 spectators at the penultimate championship game in 1980 against HC Davos . The Obersee ice rink saw the highest average number of spectators in the 1981/82 championship season with 5,472 spectators per game. Since the conversion to a sports and congress center, the maximum number is 2,200 spectators, achieved on April 6, 2012 at the Euro Hockey Challenge 2012 - Switzerland - Finland match .
From 2012 to 2015, the SKZA hosted the Arosa Challenge , an international ice hockey tournament for national teams. The Olympic qualification tournament of the Swiss women's national team (group C) will also be held here from February 9th to 12th, 2017 .
Reconstruction and expansion of use in 2011
Recently, various concepts for a renovation and future better use of the aging hall were proposed to the Arosa electorate , but these were mostly rejected for reasons of cost. In 2009 the ice rink was extensively renovated so that top teams can train on it again today and international matches can be held. Concerts and other sporting events such as handball games or competitions in trampoline gymnastics ( NISSEN Cup 2012) also take place in the stadium.
In 2011 the building was converted into a multifunctional sports and congress center and the name was changed accordingly. In the course of this, the existing wooden grandstand on the north side was replaced by a new building and the north and east facades and the former entrance area were redesigned. Office and reception space for Arosa Tourism, which was previously housed in the Alte Post , as well as the congress infrastructure with a total capacity of over 2,000 people were integrated into the newly gained building area in the area of the former east stand of around 2,500 square meters .
The actual congress room has room for 400 people with theater seating and includes a rear stage with an artist's cloakroom, so that in addition to classical congresses, banquets and public events, concerts and productions as part of the Arosa Humor Festival are possible. The generously designed reception foyer, which faces north-east, is not only used for official guest information, but can also be used for aperitifs and the like with its direct view of the ice rink. Since March 21, 2013, the Aroser Zeitung's editorial office has also been in the SKZA.
The total credit of 15 million Swiss francs approved by the electorate in 2007 for the renovation was exceeded by at least three million. For the upcoming renovation of the west and south facades, additional funds in the millions will also have to be raised, so that a completely new construction of the controversial building could have been realized with the final total expenditure. In the summer of 2015, the roof was renovated for around 600,000 francs.
Since the opening of the congress infrastructure, larger events have been or are regularly held in the congress hall, in addition to meetings of the Arosa municipal parliament, for example the 24th Tourism Forum Alpine Regions (TFA), the international tourism event The Alps 2014, the country session of the Grisons Grand Council 2015, the 54th Annual meeting of the Walser Association of Graubünden 2014 or the International Walser Meeting 2016.
literature
- Hans Danuser : Arosa - as it was back then , vol. 4 + 6, self-published by Danuser, Arosa 2000/2002.
- Elmar Brunner: 70 years of EHC Arosa - A village makes Swiss sports history , self-published by F&L Planungen AG / Store Line AG, Chur 1994.
- EHC Arosa - a legend lives on , in: Terra Grischuna, 48th year, issue 1, Terra Grischuna Verlag, Chur 1990, p. 33 f.
- Hans Danuser, Ruedi Homberger: AROSA und das Schanfigg , self-published by Danuser / Homberger, Arosa 1988, p. 94 ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aroser Zeitung of May 27, 2016, p. 5.
- ↑ Martin Merk: Olympic qualification in Arosa. In: hockeyfans.ch. May 27, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Aroser Zeitung of March 22, 2013, p. 15.
- ↑ Die Südostschweiz, December 20, 2011, p. 6.
- ↑ Aroser Zeitung of May 9, 2014, p. 11.
- ↑ Aroser Zeitung of April 11, 2014, p. 12 ff.
- ↑ The Alps Symposium 2014 invites you to Arosa. In: www.omnibusrevue.de. May 26, 2014, accessed June 1, 2014 .
- ^ "Extra muros" in June in Arosa. In: Bündner Tagblatt . April 25, 2014, accessed May 11, 2014 .
