Taipei Arena

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taipei Arena (臺北巨蛋)
Mini-Big Egg (小巨蛋)

Location	Taipei, Taiwan
Opened	2005
Owner	Taipei City Government
Operator	Taipei City Government
Architect	Various
Tenants	Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League
Capacity	Main Stadium - 15,082, Auxiliary Stadium - 800

Taipei Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Taipei, Taiwan. It is located at the site of the former Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (built in 1958, opened 1959, demolished 2000). It was designed by Archasia, an architectural firm established in Taipei. The arena was opened on December 1st, 2005. It is currently operated by the Eastern Media Group (東森集團), which won the bid to operate the arena for 9 years. However, the Eastern Media Group is involved in the bid scandals. Taipei City Government has canceled the right of operation.

The main arena has an adjustable floor space: its minimum floor space is 60m x 30m, and can be extended to 80m x 40m.

The Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League (CTIHL) plays out of the auxiliary arena, which is a 60m x 30m ice skating rink.

[edit] Trivia

Since opening in 2005, the arena has held more art and cultural activities (such as live concerts) than sporting events, which it was originally designed and built for. Moreover, games have to be played with the large-sized electronic scoreboards as they have not yet been set up.^[1]