Ice Palace "Alau" (Astana)

 indoor ice rink, indoor speedskating oval

The Alau Ice Palace (Kazakh: «Алау» мұзайдыны сарайы; Russian: Ледовый дворец «Алау») is an 8,000-seat speed skating oval in Astana, Kazakhstan. It was opened in 2011. The center hosted the speed skating events at the 2011 Asian Winter Games.[1] It was ranked first among the world’s speed skating stadiums according to the Dutch AD Sportwereld publication’s ranking.
Construction of The Oval began in 2007, nearly four years after Astana and Almaty had been designated host of the 2011 Asian Winter Games. Construction was completed by the end of the summer of 2011, officially opening in December 2011, two months before the beginning of the Games. The Alau Ice Palace was designed as the first covered speed skating oval in Kazakhstan, and as the second ever speed skating venue after Medeo. Being domed, this would give the facility the ability to control climate conditions inside to produce the highest quality ice possible. The Alau is an artificially frozen indoor skating rink with a standard speed skating track of 400 meters to the lap. The radii of the inner and outer competition lanes are 26 and 30 meters respectively. The width of each competition lane is 4 meters with an inside training lane of 4 meters.
When not hosting speed skating competitions, The Oval is open to public skating and family day events.
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