Ice and swimming stadium Cologne
| Ice rink on Lentstrasse | |
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| place | Cologne , Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 57 '31.2 " N , 6 ° 57' 53.9" E |
| owner | KölnBäder GmbH |
| operator | Linde AG |
| opening | December 12, 1936 |
| demolition | 2008 |
| capacity | 7,200 |
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Cologne Sharks (1972-2000) |
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The ice and swimming arena in Cologne was a combined facility of ice arena and outdoor pool in the inner Cologne green belt . It was built and operated by Linde AG as a demonstration system for its heating and cooling technology .
The stadium was the home ground of the Kölner Haie in the ice hockey Bundesliga and the DEL club and became known as the ice stadium on Lentstrasse .
history
The Cologne ice and swimming stadium was opened on December 12, 1936. In the same year the Cologne Ice Club was founded, which, with its ice hockey , figure skating and speed skating departments, was the most important user of the stadium. Until 1964, the stadium, which had a capacity of 7,200 spectators, was not covered. In 1955, games of the ice hockey world championship took place here, and in 1956 and 1978 the German championship in figure skating . There were conversions and extensions in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1975.
After splitting off from the Cologne EK in 1972, the Bundesliga team of the Kölner Haie played their home games in the stadium on Lentstrasse and celebrated seven championships here. In October 1998, the Haie moved to the newly opened, larger and more modern Kölnarena (now Lanxess Arena ) in the Deutz district for their home games , but continued to train on Lentstrasse. When the Haie's new training hall (Kölnarena 2) diagonally opposite the Kölnarena was also completed two years later , the KEC left the ice rink on Lentstrasse completely.
Other events in the ice rink included Mayday 1992 with more than 15,000 visitors and the location of a crime scene film in 2004.
Most recently, the ice rink was mainly used for public ice skating. On January 1st, 2007 it was transferred from Kölner Sportstätten GmbH to KölnBäder GmbH.
Demolition and new construction
On March 15, 2007, the ice rink, the roof of which was constructed from wooden trusses , was closed due to the risk of collapse (see also the Bad Reichenhall ice rink ). The building complex was demolished from June to September 2008.
In May 2009, the construction of a combined ice and swimming pool as well as an outdoor pool and thus the construction of an elevated ice rink, which is unique in Germany and located on the first floor, began. On October 1, 2011, the ice rink, the ice rink and the indoor swimming pool were opened under the name Lentpark .