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{{Infobox stadium
| stadium_name = Bolshoy Ice Dome
| image = [[File:Bolshoy Arena (12515578813).jpg|280px]]
| caption =
| location = [[Sochi]], [[Russia]]
| opened = 2012<ref name=Sochi2014/>
| renovated =
| closed =
| demolished =
| owner =
| operator = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]<ref name=Sochi2014/>
| surface =
| construction_cost = US$300 million / RUB 9.9 billion
| seating_capacity = 12,000<ref name=Sochi2014/><ref>http://www.worldofstadiums.com/europe/russia/bolshoy-ice-dome/</ref>
| tenants = [[HC Sochi]] (2014-)<br>[[2014 Winter Olympics]]<br>[[2013 IIHF World U18 Championships]]<br>2013 [[Channel One Cup (ice hockey)|Channel One Cup]]
}}

The '''Bolshoy Ice Dome''' ({{lang-ru|Большой Ледовый дворец}}) is an indoor arena located in Olympic Park, [[Sochi]], [[Russia]]. Opened in 2012, the 12,000-seat arena was primarily constructed to host hockey competitions during the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]. Following the Games, it became the home arena of [[HC Sochi]], an expansion team of the [[KHL]]. The arena has also hosted concerts and other events. Prior to the Games, the arena hosted the [[2013 IIHF World U18 Championships|IIHF World U18 Championships]] and [[Channel One Cup (ice hockey)|Channel One Cup]] in 2013.

The arena's exterior is distinguished by its LED-illuminated roof, which its designers described as resembling fabergé eggs and frozen water droplets

==Name and location==
[[Image:Большой ледовый дворец в Олимпийском парке.jpg|400px|thumb|The Bolshoy Ice Dome]]
The arena was named "Bolshoy", meaning "major" or "great" in Russian.<ref name=CNN>{{cite news|title=First look: Sochi Olympic hockey will live in lights and ice domes|url=http://nhl.si.com/2014/01/09/first-look-sochi-olympic-hockey-will-live-in-lights-and-ice-domes/|work=SI.com|publisher=Sports Illustrated|first=Tim|last=Newcomb|date=9 January 2014|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> This highlights the integral role of ice hockey at the Olympics,<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Sochi 2014: Olympic venue guide|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25946582|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=5 February 2014|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> which has been dubbed "the most popular sport" of the Games by the organizers themselves.<ref name=Sochi2014>{{cite web|title=Bolshoy Ice Dome – Venues|url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/spectators-place-bolshoy-ice-dome|work=Sochi2014.com|publisher=Sochi 2014 Olympics|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219063539/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/spectators-place-bolshoy-ice-dome|archivedate=19 February 2014|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> Furthermore, the name was chosen due to its universal familiarity in other countries, in addition to its allusion to the Bolshoi Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet, and other great Russian accomplishments.<ref name=Sochi2014/><ref name=CNN/>

The Ice Dome was situated in the Coastal Cluster zone of venues for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]].<ref name=Sochi2014/> It served as the main arena for the men and women's [[2014 Winter Olympics|ice hockey tournament]] throughout the Games. It is the only venue in the Olympic Park located on top of a hill,<ref>{{cite news|title=Sochi Scene: Bolshoy is Olympic hockey cathedral|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/15/3624232/sochi-scene-bolshoy-is-olympic.html|date=15 February 2014|accessdate=20 February 2014|first=Jon|last=Krawczynski|newspaper=The News & Observer|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> and is less than 1,000 ft (300 m) away from [[Shayba Arena]], which was the secondary ice hockey venue that hosted mainly preliminary round matches.<ref name=CNN/>

==Structure and facilities==
[[Image:Open 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships.jpeg|250px|thumb|The interior of the arena during the [[2013 IIHF World U18 Championships]] opening ceremony]]
The construction of the Bolshoy Ice Dome started in 2009 and finished in 2012. It was designed by architect firm Mostovik and completed at a cost of approximately US$180 million,[8] although ITAR-TASS estimated the cost to be as high as $300 million. A total of 20 architects and 70 engineers – headed by Andrey Ustinov – were responsible for the construction of the arena. The building was the only Olympic Facility to achieve BREEAM Green Certification in time for the games, achieving the prestigious "very good" rating. The team to achieve this was led by Charles Goddard, Mostovik's International Certification Director.

The exterior structure of the Ice Dome was designed to resemble a frozen ice droplet. It has also drawn comparisons to a Fabergé egg, due to the light-emitting diodes (LEDs) resembling the "jewel-encrusted surface" of the famous Russian art piece. Ustinov confirmed that the building was designed to be "a combination of both."[9] The roof of the dome is mostly silver in colour and is covered with aluminium panels. It is decorated with 38,000 LED lights which illuminate the outside of the arena at night. The roof also doubles as a scoreboard that displays the live score of the game being played inside and an animation of a hockey puck whenever a goal is scored. However, it famously did not display the final score after the United States defeated the hosts Russia 3–2 in an overtime shootout during the 2014 Winter Olympics.

In the arena's interior, the 12,000 seats are arranged in bowl-like configuration. The concourse features 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) of glazed glass, which enables spectators to have a view of the Caucasus Mountains.[3] The hockey rink's dimensions are 60 metres (200 ft) × 30 metres (98 ft), in line with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) specifications. This contrasts with the dimensions of the previous Olympics, which utilized National Hockey League (NHL) sized rinks that are 4 metres (13 ft) narrower in width. It contains 12 dressing rooms for players, an entry tunnel that can be accessed by large vehicles, and a practice ice rink. Moreover, the Ice Dome uses heat transfer fluids on the ice and in the air conditioning system. This helps to preserve the quality of the ice, as well as moderate the temperature within the arena so that spectators are kept warm while maintaining the coolness of the ice. These technologies – along with the arena's insulation – were developed by the Dow Chemical Company, one of the official sponsors of the Olympic Games.

==Events==
[[File:Olympic Winter Games Ice Hockey - Russia againts Slovenia - score 4-2 (12515578553).jpg|thumb|right|Preliminary round match between [[Russia]] and [[Slovenia]] during the [[2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|men's ice hockey tournament]] of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]].|alt=]]
In order to test the arenas built for the Olympics, the Bolshoy Ice Dome served as one of the venues for the [[2013 IIHF World U18 Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sochi 2014 taking shape|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/7249.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=a844c82496|work=IIHF.com|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|date=11 October 2012|accessdate=21 February 2014}}</ref> It subsequently held the [[Channel One Cup (ice hockey)|Channel One Cup]] from 19–22 December 2013 in final preparation before the start of the Games.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Olympic Sochi hosts the prestigious Channel One Cup in hockey|url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/news-the-olympic-sochi-hosts-the-prestigious-channel-one-cup-in-hockey|date=19 December 2013|work=Sochi2014.com|publisher=Sochi 2014 Olympics|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221061943/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/news-the-olympic-sochi-hosts-the-prestigious-channel-one-cup-in-hockey|archivedate=21 February 2014|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> As the main venue for the [[2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Olympic ice hockey]] competition, the Ice Dome hosted most of the preliminary round games and almost all the playoff round matches for the men's tournament, while hosting solely the medal matches of the women's tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Ice Hockey Draw|url=http://cdnolympic.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/ice-hockey-draw_eng.pdf|work=Olympic.ca|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Canada remain cool despite past shortcomings on Olympic-size ice hockey rinks|url=http://www.thenational.ae/canada-remain-cool-despite-past-shortcomings-on-olympic-size-ice-hockey-rinks|date=11 February 2014|accessdate=1 March 2014|newspaper=The National|location=Abu Dhabi|agency=Reuters}}</ref> On February 20, it held the gold medal match for the [[2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|women's tournament]], which saw [[Canada]] overcome a 0–2 deficit against the [[United States]] to tie the game with less than a minute of regulation time remaining, before scoring in overtime to secure their fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Canadian women’s hockey team wins Olympic gold with stunning comeback|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/canada-usa-womens-gold-medal-final/article16997885/|date=20 February 2014|accessdate=21 February 2013|first=Roy|last=MacGregor|newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Canada wins gold in women’s hockey, beating USA in overtime|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1161632/canada-vs-usa-womens-olympic-hockey-gold-medal-game/|work=Global News|publisher=Global Television Network|first=Heather|last=Loney|date=20 February 2014|accessdate=21 February 2014}}</ref> The arena hosted the gold medal game of the [[2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|men's tournament]] three days later on 23 February – the final gold medal of the 2014 Games up for contention – in which [[Canada]] defeated [[Sweden]] by a score of 3–0. In doing so, the Canadian team won an Olympic gold medal outside of North America for the first time [[1952 Winter Olympics|in 62 years]], became the first team since the [[Soviet Union]] in [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] to finish the tournament with a perfect record,<ref>{{cite news|title=Canada captures hockey gold with shutout win over Sweden|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/canada-defeats-sweden-to-capture-mens-olympic-hockey-gold/article17055297/?page=all|date=23 February 2014|accessdate=24 February 2013|first=Eric|last=Duhatschek|newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> and the first team to successfully defend their gold medal since the Soviets in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|title=Canada Gets Back-to-Back Olympic Hockey Golds by Beating Sweden|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-23/canada-beats-sweden-3-0-for-back-to-back-olympic-hockey-gold|date=23 February 2014|accessdate=4 March 2014|first=Rob|last=Gloster|magazine=Bloomberg Businessweek}}</ref>

The venue hosted the [[2015 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thehockeywriters.com/khl-all-stars-played-in-sochi-last-sunday/ |title=KHL All Stars Played in Sochi Last Sunday|last=Hnatyuk|first=Vyacheslav|date=January 29, 2015 |website=thehockeywriters.com|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref>

After the conclusion of the Olympics, the arena continued to host a variety of sports, in addition to becoming an entertainment centre and concert venue.<ref name=Sochi2014/><ref name=BBC/> The arena is home to [[HC Sochi]], a [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]] expansion team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dolphin Swims Into Sochi as Name of City’s New KHL Team|url=http://en.ria.ru/sports/20131227/185943400/Dolphin-Swims-Into-Sochi-as-Name-of-Citys-New-KHL-Team.html|date=26 December 2013|work=Ria.ru|publisher=Rianovosti|accessdate=10 May 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.archdaily.com/359999/ice-dome-bolshoy-sic-mostovik/ '''Ice Dome Bolshoy''' General information and images]
*[http://www.designboom.com/architecture/bolshoy-ice-dome-lights-up-sochi-2014-winter-olympics-02-06-2014/ '''Bolshoy ice dome lights up sochi 2014 winter olympics'''Information and images]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090314072138/http://www.sc-olympstroy.ru:80/en/olympic_sport_facilities/objects_15/index.php '''Big Ice Hockey Arena''' Information and images]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/vlad2154/sets/72157622291342787/ Venue Models from Sochi Investment Forum 2009]
*[http://sochi2014.com/sochidwnld/bid_book/Book%202/Theme%208/Theme%208%20sprds.pdf Arena information and drawings]
*[http://sochi2014.com/35178 Arena information]

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