Gyeongpo Ice Hall is a future indoor ice arena which will be built for the 2018 Winter Olympics

2018 Winter Olympics

The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, is a winter multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, between 9 and 25 February 2018. The elected host city was announced on 6 July 2011 by the International Olympic Committee , after the...

. It is located in the coastal city of Gangneung

Gangneung

Gangneung is a city in Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 229,869 . Gangneung is the economic centre of the Yeongdong region of eastern Gangwon Province. Gangneung has many tourist attractions, like Jeongdongjin, one of the most famous towns in Korea...

. It is named after the nearby Gyeongpo Lake. It will be the venue for two sports: figure skating and short track speed skating.

The seating capacity is 12,000.

The cost of construction for the Olympics is 85 million USD . Construction should start in September 2011 and be completed in September 2015.