Palandöken Ice Skating Hall

Palandöken Ice Skating Hall (Turkish: Palandöken Buz Pateni Salonu), formerly GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall (Turkish: GSİM Yenişehir Buz Hokey Salonu) or Erzurum Ice Skating Hall (Turkish: Erzurum Buz Pateni Salonu), is an indoor ice skating and ice hockey rink located at Ahmet Baba neighborhood of Palandöken district in Erzurum, eastern Turkey.^[1] It was opened in 2008.^[2]

Palandöken Ice Skating Hall

Full name	Palandöken Buz Pateni Salonu
Former names	GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Erzurum Ice Skating Hall
Location	Ebu İshak Cad., Hacı Ahmet Baba Mah., Palandöken, Erzurum, Turkey
Coordinates	39.88732°N 41.25761°E / 39.88732; 41.25761
Owner	Erzurum Youth and Sport Directorate (GSİM)
Capacity	2,000
Opened	2008 (2008)
Website
erzurum.gsb.gov.tr

Owned by the Youth and Sport Directorate of Erzurum Province (GSIM), the venue has a seating capacity of 2,000 spectators.^[2] The rink hosts also figure skating and short track speed skating events in addition to ice hockey games.^[3][4]

International events hosted

• 11th World Ice Hockey U18 Championships-Division III – Group B Tournament – March 9–15, 2009.^[5]
• 12th World Ice Hockey U18 Championships-Division III – Group A Tournament – March 8–14, 2010.^[6]
• 25th Winter Universiade – Figure skating – February 1–5, 2011.^[7]
• 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival – February 12–17, 2017

See also

• Erzurum GSIM Ice Arena

References

1. "Tesisler" (in Turkish). Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
2. "Tesislerimiz – 2.000 Seyirci Kapasiteli Buz Pateni Salonu" (in Turkish). Erzurum Gençlik Hizmetleri Spor İl Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
3. "Erzurum'da artistik buz pateni yarışması". Erzurum Haber Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
4. "Short Track Türkiye Şampiyonası Başladı..." Erzurum Olay (in Turkish). 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
5. "Buz Hokeyi şampiyonası Erzurum'da yapılacak". Haber 7 (in Turkish). 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
6. "Buz Hokeyi Dünya Şampiyonası Erzurum'da yapılacak". Sabah (in Turkish). 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
7. "Artistik Paten Test Müsabakası Başladı" (in Turkish). Erzurum 2011 Winter Universiade. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2012-10-20.