Ice rink Graz-Liebenau

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Merkur ice arena
The entrance to the Merkur ice arena in Graz 2006
The entrance to the Merkur ice arena in Graz 2006
Data
place Zoisweg 2 Liebenau , 8041 Graz , Austria
AustriaAustria
Coordinates 47 ° 2 '40.6 "  N , 15 ° 27' 19.1"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 2 '40.6 "  N , 15 ° 27' 19.1"  E
operator Stadium Graz-Liebenau GmbH
opening December 23, 1963
First game December 23, 1963
ATSE Graz - Polish Olympic selection 3:14
surface Concrete
ice surface
architect Architectural office Ilgerl-Peneff-Walch
capacity 4,126 seats
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Events

The ice rink Graz-Liebenau (currently through sponsorship agreement Merkur-Eisarena ) is an ice rink in the Liebenau district of the Austrian city ​​of Graz , state of Styria . It is operated by Stadion Graz-Liebenau GmbH and is directly adjacent to the Merkur Arena football stadium , where the SK Sturm Graz football club plays its games. The artificial ice hall is a listed building .

use

The hall has a capacity of 4,126 spectators for ice hockey games . The main stand is located on the south side of the hall and is divided into a stand made up of five sectors and a gallery made up of six sectors. There are also a few hundred seats on the ground floor and a VIP area on the north side. In addition to being used for ice hockey games, the hall is also used for other sports such as figure skating and ice stock sport . The hall is open to public ice skating at certain times.

history

Artificial ice hall Liebenau

The ice halls were built from 1961 to 1966 according to plans by the Ilgerl-Peneff-Walch architectural office. The roof shape was determined by the load-bearing construction with hanging ropes, which was first used in Austria at that time. In addition to the inner ice surface, the stadium has had a second covered ice surface outside the stadium since 1980. Since the spring of 2015, the new "lifting" of the arena, named after the Merkur insurance company , has been working on. The Messe Congress Graz cooperated with the Ökoprofit and was able to implement some environmentally friendly measures. The two old natural gas boilers were replaced by district heating and a high-temperature heat pump was implemented.

Events

In the opening game on December 23, 1963, ATSE Graz lost 3:14 against the Polish Olympic team. From 1964 the ice rink was the home of the ATSE Graz and until 1976 also the ice hockey section of the GAK , later the EC Graz and now the Graz 99ers . In 1973 the hall was the venue for the Ice Hockey B World Championship .

Apart from the Bundesliga club, various lower-class teams and the women's team DEC Devils Graz are also active in Liebenau. In 1998 and 2004 it was the venue for the World Ice Stock Championships .

In 2001, 2002 and 2003 the stadium also served as the venue for the max and T-Mobile indoor soccer cup in January - in 2004 the tournament moved to the more modern Graz city hall. The stadium was also the venue for various concerts until the Graz City Hall was built .

In 2009 the ice rink hosted the women's ice hockey world championship (Division I) .

In June 2017, the International Ice Skating Union awarded the European Figure Skating Championships 2020 to the City of Graz with the Graz-Liebenau ice rink as the venue.

gallery

  • Interior view of the ice rink

  • inside view

  • Fans of the Graz 99ers inside the hall on the main stand

  • The covered ice surface outside the stadium; the solar collector surface on the roof

  • Illuminated covered outdoor ice rink

  • Liebenau ice rink before the renovation

  • After the renovation in 2016

  • View of the main stand during a game at ATSE Graz

Web links

Commons : Eisstadion Graz-Liebenau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mcg.at: hall capacity
  2. ↑ Monument Day 2009 Styria. Artificial ice hall Liebenau. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed in 2009 .
  3. ↑ Marcus Stoimaier: Monument protection causes confusion , Week Graz, October 31, 2012, last accessed November 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Gert Renner: From the zero hour to the master , publisher: ATSE-Long life Graz
  5. ↑ skateaustria.at: EM 2020 will take place in Graz! Article dated June 6, 2017