Tsukisamu Gymnasium

Sapporo Tsukisamu Gymnasium

Location	Sapporo, Japan
Owner	Hokkaidō Prefecture
Operator	Sapporo Health Sports Foundation
Opened	1972

The Sapporo Tsukisamu Gymnasium (札幌市月寒体育館) is an indoor sporting arena located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō.

The first floor is a skating rink used for ice hockey games, figure skating and leisure skating throughout the year. On the second floor are table tennis facilities, and a corridor for jogging.

The arena opened in 1972. It hosted some of the ice hockey event at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

It has a total capacity of 3,371 (2,321 seats, and 1,052 standing places). It is located next to the Tsukisamu Outdoor Stadium (used for rugby games), and four tennis courts.

In 1986 (along with Makomanai Ice Arena) and 1990, hosted the Asian Winter Games ice hockey tournaments. Eighteen years later, -in 2008- it was the main venue of the ice hockey World Championship Division I Group B and, every year, hosts some regular season games of the Asia League Ice Hockey, usually played around Christmas.

The gymnasium is also the home arena of the team Skate House, who plays on the (second tier) hockey league, the J-ICE North League. The venue was used for the women's world curling championship in 2015.

Access

Tōhō Line: 1 minutes walk from Tsukisamu-Chūō Station.

References

Official website (Japanese)

Venues of the 1972 Winter Olympics

City venues	Makomanai Biathlon site Makomanai Cross-country site Makomanai Ice Arena Makomanai Speed Skating Rink Mikaho Indoor Skating Rink Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink

Mountain venues	Miyanomori Jumping Hill Mount Eniwa Downhill Course Mt. Teine Alpine Skiing courses Mt. Teine Bobsleigh Course Mt. Teine Luge Course Okurayama Jumping Hill

Olympic venues in ice hockey

1920: Palais de Glace d'Anvers 1924: Stade Olympique de Chamonix 1928: St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink 1932: Olympic Arena (final), Olympic Stadium 1936: Olympia-Kunsteisstadion (final), Riessersee 1948: Kulm, Olympic Stadium (final), Suvretta 1952: Dæhlenenga, Jordal Amfi (final), Kadettangen, Lillestrøm stadion, Marienlyst stadion 1956: Apollonio Stadium, Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio 1960: Blyth Arena (final), Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink 1964: Messehalle, Olympiahalle 1968: La Patinoire Municipale, Le Stade de Glace 1972: Makomanai Ice Arena (final), Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink 1976: Messehalle, Olympiahalle (final) 1980: Olympic Center 1984: Skenderija II Hall, Zetra Ice Hall (final) 1988: Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Olympic Saddledome (final), Stampede Corral 1992: Méribel Ice Palace 1994: Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall, Håkon Hall (final) 1998: Aqua Wing, Big Hat (final) 2002: E Center (final), Peaks Ice Arena 2006: Palasport Olimpico (final), Torino Esposizioni 2010: Rogers Arena (final), UBC Thunderbird Arena 2014: Bolshoy Ice Dome (final), Shayba Arena 2018: Gangneung Hockey Centre (final), Kwandong Hockey Centre 2022: Wukesong Sports Center (final), Beijing National Indoor Stadium NOTE: During the Olympic Games, venues that have naming rights sold may not use their name during the Olympic Games.

Coordinates: 43°01′45″N 141°23′57″E / 43.029247°N 141.399268°E / 43.029247; 141.399268

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