Building the hockey arena for 2026 Olympics faces a “tight schedule”

The organizers of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said this week in the 144th session of the organization in Greece, that the schedule to complete the square that will be used in many hockey games in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy will be “very narrow.”

Santhaytelia will host hockey in Milan, which is scheduled to be able to host 16,000 fans, many hockey games for men and final and final games in women’s hockey game. It will also be home to hockey during the Disabled Olympics.

But if things go to the specified date, the organizers will not be able to enter the facility to start building the temporary ice that the players will use until October, four months before the start of the games.

The square is developed by a private company. After the games, the ice will be removed and will host other sports.

“We have followed the operations from the beginning,” said Andrea Varnene, CEO of Milan Cortina 2026, after offering members of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday.

Varner blamed the epidemic for a “slow start” that left the owners of the private sector asking whether the square would be a good investment, without knowing what might happen in the world.

“We were really worried at some point,” said Vernee. “The work has finally started walking very quickly.”

The photos showed by the organizing committee during its presentation showed a skeleton of the structure.

To test the ice less than two months before the games

The schedule will witness that temporary ice ends in December, less than two months before the games. After that, the organizers will hold test events to measure their quality.

In response to a question about the regulators’ backup plan if Santagulia for hockey hockey hockey is ready at the appropriate time, Vernee said there is no one.

“We do not see a need for a backup plan because we, as we said, work completely online through our time,” said Vernee. So we do not believe, along with the International Federation, that we need a plan b

After the Olympic Games and the Disabled, the ice will be removed and the facility will be used for other sports, such as tennis, which are more popular in the local area.

NHL players will return to the Olympic Games for the first time since 2014. The first tickets were sold for two days in February.

Of more than 600,000 tickets sold, hockey was one of the most popular clouds, along with Biolon, skiing on ice and skiing across the country.

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“It is clear that it is a very big opportunity for us, for Italy, for the Olympic Movement games, but specifically for Milan Cortina 2026,” Giovanni Mlag, Chairman of the Organizing Committee told reporters.

When asked about the quality of the temporary ice that the players will use, Varner said there are great examples of championships that use temporary ice.

“We have knowledge, technology and experience to make a great temporary ice layer for NHL players to get a great (championship),” he said.

“We are working with international federations. This was not a concern.

Slipping Center for Test

Milan Ice Park will host the Speed ​​Skating Arena and Rho Ice Hocky Arena, which will host hockey games for men and women that will not be in the new Santagiulia hockey.

Varner told IOC that permanent work in the ice park has been completed. After games, the place will be available as a multi -functional space for society. Like in Santagiulia, the ice is temporary.

“At the same time, we will be able to prove that it is possible to organize a complex event like the rapid ski competition in a temporary and sustainable place,” said Varner.

Next week, 60 athletes are scheduled to test the sliding center that is being built in Courtina, the place that was a target for sabotage last month. The backup plan, if the sliding center has not been completed, the sliding events will move along the way to Lake Placide, New York

The organizers said that the village of the athletes in Milan was almost complete, while the first pre -made houses began to reach Cortina de Ambizo two weeks ago.