Tsukisamu Sports Hall

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Tsukisamu Sports Hall
Tsukisamu Sports Hall
Data
place Tsukisamu-higashi-18-chōme, Sapporo , Japan
JapanJapan
Coordinates 43 ° 1 '45.2 "  N , 141 ° 23' 57.3"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 1 '45.2 "  N , 141 ° 23' 57.3"  E
owner Sapporo city
start of building March 1970
opening November 1971
surface Concrete , artificial ice surface
costs 979 million yen
architect Hokkaidō Nikken Design
capacity 3373 seats (of which 2321 seats)
playing area 60 × 30 m
Events

The Tsukisamu Sports Hall ( 札幌 市 月 寒 体育館 , Sapporo-shi Tsukisamu Taiikukan ) is an ice rink in the Japanese city ​​of Sapporo . It is located in the Toyohira-ku district and was built with a view to the 1972 Winter Olympics . The hall is part of a sports center on the site of a former cycling track .

description

The two-story building, designed by the architects Hokkaidō Nikken Design , is owned by the city of Sapporo and is located in the immediate vicinity of a residential area. In order to limit the disruptive influence as much as possible, the ice surface lies below the surface of the earth. In this way, only one story protrudes above the ground. The hall has a floor area of ​​9678 m², the ice rink measures 60 × 30 m. The slightly sloping roof was constructed in such a way that the snow that has fallen on it melts naturally and the meltwater can drain away. The roof racks are exposed inside.

history

The area on which the hall stands today was once in the area of ​​the formerly independent city of Toyohira in the district of Sapporo and was owned by the Imperial Japanese Army . Then that emerged in 1949 velodrome Sapporo ( 札幌競輪場 , Sapporo keirinjō ). In 1954 the cycling competitions of the 9th National Sports Festival took place there. After Kingo Machimura was elected governor of Hokkaidō in 1959 , he announced that the prefecture-owned cycle track would be closed within a year. The city of Toyohiro wanted to run the velodrome itself, but the population was against it and the full attention was paid to the upcoming incorporation into Sapporo. In 1960 the cycling track was closed and demolished the following year. In 1961, the new owner, the city council of Sapporo, set up facilities for softball , rugby and tennis on the premises.

inside view

When the city was awarded the contract for the 1972 Winter Olympics , it was not certain whether a third ice rink would be needed in addition to the Makomanai indoor stadium and the Mikaho sports hall , as the number of teams involved in the Olympic ice hockey tournament had not yet been determined. For this reason, the start of construction was delayed until March 1970. After 14 months of construction, the Tsukisamu Hall was opened in November 1971, with the construction costs totaling 979 million yen . Ten ice hockey games were held here during the Winter Olympics, and the audience capacity at that time was 6,000 (later reduced to 3,373).

Important sporting events took place here even after 1972. These include the Winter Asian Games in 1986, 1990 and 2017, the Winter Universiade 1991, the B tournament of the men's ice hockey world championship in 2008 and the women's curling world championship in 2015 .

Adjacent sports facilities

The Tsukisamu Sports Hall is part of a larger facility with several sports and leisure facilities. To the east of the ice rink is a rugby stadium with a capacity of 4715 spectators. It opened in 1979 and renovated in 2011. In the south there is an archery facility and a hall opened in 2011 where curling can be played all year round . There are four tennis courts in the northwest corner .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official report. (PDF, 43.3 MB) Organizing Committee of the XI. Olympic Winter Games 1972, 1973, p. 122 , accessed on October 12, 2018 (English).
  2. ^ A b c Official report, Organizing Committee of the XI. Olympic Winter Games. Pp. 286-288.
  3. 自 転 車 文化 セ ン タ ー 友 の 会 だ よ り. www.cycle-info.bpaj.or.jp, archived from the original on June 15, 2013 ; Retrieved October 12, 2018 (Japanese).
  4. a b 所 管 ス ポ ー ツ 施 設 等 一 覧. (PDF, 885 kB) City of Sapporo, accessed on October 12, 2018 (Japanese).
  5. Corresponds to 8.994 million euros in September 2018. Currency conversion based on February 1, 1972, taking into account inflation according to past calculator. fxtop.com, accessed October 12, 2018 . .