Eisstadion im Sahnpark, Ice hockey stadium in Crimmitschau, Germany
The Eisstadion im Sahnpark is an ice arena featuring a competition rink with seating for around 5,200 spectators and additional sports facilities within the structure. The building houses modern equipment and has undergone major upgrades over the years.
Plans for an artificial ice rink in the Sahnpark date from 1937/38, but they failed and were abandoned at the outbreak of World War II. Construction of the stadium began in the GDR era; matches were played there from 1963, and it was officially opened in 1964 with room for up to 10,000 spectators. A roof followed in 1994, and a renovation completed around 2010, including a new changing-room wing, reduced capacity to 5,222 seats.
The arena is home to ETC Crimmitschau, known as the Eispiraten. From 1978 until the amateur championship was discontinued in 1990, the stadium was the permanent venue of the DDR-Bestenermittlung, the East German amateur finals. The ice is used daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. by professional, youth, women's and hobby teams as well as for public skating, and the rink also hosts concerts and other events.
The stadium sits at the northwestern edge of Crimmitschau, inside the Sahnpark grounds near Waldstraße. Drivers reach it from the A4 motorway exit Crimmitschau, turning right from Leipziger Straße into Waldstraße, where parking begins about 500 metres on; a larger car park lies further along toward Zeitzer Straße. A bus stop is close by. Because the ground is built on a slope, visitors entering from the north side climb stairs to reach the stands.
The stadium hosted the 2011 IIHF U18 World Championship together with Dresden's ice arena, staging all ten Group A preliminary games and the entire final round. Between 1964 and 1970 its ice also hosted ten senior and seven junior or B-team internationals of the East German national side.
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