Apparently, this is the building where the Olympic hockey tournament will be held. Clearly, hockey was an afterthought in the design (it was the main basketball venue in 2008).
I wonder how the sightlines are? It doesn't seem like they'd be very good. It seems similar to the Barclays Center or the old arena in Phoenix with some seats having no view of part of the rink, but unlike those arenas, it's not just behind one net, but the whole building.
It reminds me of the Salt Lake Games, where they shoe-horned an arena into the Delta Center for short track and figure skating. I remember one skater commenting that it felt like skating at the bottom of a canyon because the crowd was so far away.
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