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Hockey arenas at the Milan Cortina Olympics are ready just in time for the puck to drop
Construction finished just hours before the Olympics, ensuring both main and secondary arenas are ready for NHL players and Olympic hockey tournaments starting this week.
- On Wednesday, workers finished the main arena less than 24 hours before fans entered, keeping the women's tournament on schedule and the men's tournament on track after recent test events.
- Construction concerns began years ago and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman voiced worries in 2023, with mud in the Zamboni tunnel as recently as Jan. 25, forcing last-minute fixes.
- Ice master painted the ice on Jan. 26 and built it in slow, thin layers, producing a dense surface on rinks measuring 60 meters by 26 meters.
- Most NHL players won't arrive until Sunday, yet players and observers described the ice as playable if imperfect, with France men's captain Pierre-Edouard Bellemare likening it to gliding on an indoor lake.
- Teams are arriving early to practice as players warn the shorter rink and altered neutral-zone shape may increase offense, with players explicitly mentioning the need to adapt during practices early this week.
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Hockey arenas at the Milan Cortina Olympics are ready just in time for the puck to drop
Workers are rushing to finish the main hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Olympics. Less than 24 hours before fans arrive, the venue is still being prepared.
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(SeaPRwire) – The journey to the venue hosting the men's and women's games is a muddy affair. The winding 25-minute walk from the nearby (so-called) city metro station won't get your boots wet in dry weather. But the waterlogged mud surrounding the new facility—which will be hosting events again in twelve years, not to mention the fencing, weeds, and all the construction equipment and debris—reminds that the complex isn't quite ready to be a sho…
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