White Ring (arena)
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  White Ring Location within Nagano, Nagano  White Ring White Ring (Nagano Prefecture)  White Ring White Ring (Japan) | |
| Location | Nagano, Japan |
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| Owner | City of Nagano |
| Operator | Fukushi Enterprise |
| Capacity | Basketball: 7,000 Ice hockey / Ice Floor: 5,000 |
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| Broke ground | September, 1993 [1] |
| Opened | March 29, 1996 [1] |
| Construction cost | ¥14.8 billion Japanese yen[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Shinshu Brave Warriors (BLG) (2011-present) Boaluz Nagano | |
The White Ring, officially Nagano City Mashima General Sports Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Nagano, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 7,000 people.
It was a venue at the 1998 Winter Olympics, hosting the figure skating and short track speed skating events.[2]
It is the home arena of the Shinshu Brave Warriors of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Short track venue Figures". Retrieved 2010-02-12.
- ^ 1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 215-8.
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