Taipei Arena

Standing at the junction of Dunhua North Road and Section 4 of Nanjing East Road in Songshan District, the arena occupies the site of the former Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium. At the end of 2000 the Taipei City Government demolished the old stadium and built a 15,000-seat multi-purpose arena on the site. It is a key indoor venue in the city's overall plan for sports facilities. The building has a main arena and an annex. The main arena is a steel and reinforced-concrete structure with two basement levels and five storeys above ground, and a total floor area of about 90,900 square metres. The main floor is 76 metres long and 41.5 metres wide; with the retractable seating fully extended, it still measures 60 by 29.5 metres. The centre of the floor can be fully frozen when needed to create a standard indoor ice rink for competitions. Because the floor can be adapted in many ways, the arena can bid for top-level events of international sports federations, and it is also hired by Taiwanese and foreign arts groups for performances. The arena's ice rink meets international standards and measures 61 by 30 metres. Up to 400 skaters can use the ice, and the stands seat 800. It is open to the public for recreational skating and is also a professional training venue for Taiwan's top skaters and national team athletes. The ice is of Winter Olympic standard and has been recognised by experts including executive committee members and presidents of the International Skating Union (ISU) and the Asian Skating Union (ASU). Equipment includes international-standard ice hockey boards, short-track safety padding, an ice resurfacer, overhead protective netting for ice hockey, two standard hockey goals and teaching barriers on the ice. Since opening it has hosted many major international and domestic ice competitions. The arena also has more than 2,000 ping (about 6,600 square metres) of commercial space, with chain restaurants, convenience stores, a gym, a family leisure centre and health product shops.

Translated and shortened by DealTaipei from Taiwan's national tourism database. Sources are on the terms page.