South Tyrol Arena

South Tyrol Arena

Arena Alto Adige / Südtirol Arena
2009 World Cup
Address	Via Anterselva di Sopra/Obertalerstraße, 33
Location	Rasen-Antholz
Public transit	Shuttle A-B
Type	stadium
Genre(s)	sporting events
Capacity	3,000
Record attendance	23,000
Surface	snow
Scoreboard	yes
Construction
Built	1969
Opened	1971 (1971)
Renovated	2006
Expanded	2006
Construction cost	€ 6.700.000
Website
www.biathlon-antholz.it

The South Tyrol Arena (in Italian Arena Alto Adige; in German Südtirol Arena) is a biathlon stadium in the municipality of Rasen-Antholz, in South Tyrol (Italy).

The facility will host the biathlon competitions of the 2026 Winter Olympics of Milan-Cortina.

History

The facility, which began construction in 1969 and opened in 1971, has regularly hosted a stage of the Biathlon World Cup, as well as six editions of the Biathlon World Championships (1975, 1976, 1983, 1995, 2007, and 2020) and two editions of the Biathlon Junior World Championships (1975 and 1983).^[1]

The stadium was modernized from 2006: the grandstand for spectators was enlarged and a building was built for the competition judges. The total expenditure was 6.9 million euro.^[2]

2007 World Championship were attended by 117,000 spectators, with peaks of 23,000 on Saturday 10 February.

Venue

The arena is located at the end of Antholz Valley (side valley of Puster Valley) at an altitude of 1600 m above sea level, near the Lake of Antholz. Antholz is usually the highest biathlon venue of the World Cup because Soldier Hollow is typically not part of the World Cup.^[3]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Tyrol Arena.

1. ^ "La cronaca di Anterselva". Biathlon-antholz.it. Archived from the original on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
2. ^ "Anterselva ha fatto centro". Alto Adige. 2007-09-19. p. 33.
3. ^ "Course Profiles - real biathlon". www.realbiathlon.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.