Garmisch Olympia Stadium

Garmisch Olympia Stadium is an arena in Garmisch, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey, and is the home arena of the SC Riessersee of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Garmisch Olympia Stadium opened in 1935 and holds 6,929 people. It also hosted Germany's single home game during the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. This arena also hosted some hockey and figure skating events at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

It was built according to plans of architect Hanns Ostler in only 106 days for the figure skating and ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics. It was opened on 16 December 1934. It contained an ice rink 30 meters by 60 meters for these games.

After the war it was reopened in 1948. It was originally an open air rink and was enclosed in 1964. The arena had a maximum capacity of 10,500 spectators at that point. The roof was damaged in a storm on April 4, 1987, and required 1 million marks of repairs to fix.

The rink was extensively remodeled in 1994 and had its capacity reduced to 6,929.

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  The rink in present times.

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  The pre-war rink.