Solar Ice Rink
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The Solar Ice Rink is an ice rink located in Nairobi, Kenya. The rink is located in the Panari Sky Centre, a large retail, leisure and hotel accommodation complex.
Opened in 2005, the Solar Ice Rink is the largest rink in Africa,[1] and the first rink in East Africa and Central Africa. The rink cost US$700,000 to build.[2]
The rink covers an area of 1,400 square metres (15,000 sq ft),[3] and can accommodate 200 skaters.[4]
It is the home of the Kenya Ice Lions hockey team.
References
[edit]- ^ Reporter, Staff (25 December 2005). "Kenyan skaters flock to East Africa's first ice rink". Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "Kenyan skaters chillin' on East Africa's first ice rink". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "Nairobi, Kenya - Solar Ice Rink". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ "East Africa's ice skating first". 20 December 2005. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2025 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
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