AIC Steppe Arena seen from the car park, a curved grey and white arena building with its name along the top of the facadePhoto: Chongkian · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0A public skating session on the ice of the AIC Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar, seen from the stands with skaters across the sheet.Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
Mongolia's first international-standard ice arena, built to run in every season
AIC Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar calls itself Mongolia's first international-standard ice arena and an enclosed building that operates whatever the season. It began operating in 2021, built by the Mongolian company Achit Ikht as a social-responsibility project. The ice sheet measures 60 by 30 metres, the Olympic standard, and the arena says it can take 120 skaters an hour.
The building has 7,800 square metres of working floor, 2,600 seats, five changing rooms for officials and athletes and a conference room for 30 to 50 people. It stages ice hockey, figure skating and short-track competitions and lessons, as well as concerts, expos and conferences with its own sound and lighting. The Mongolian studio Anagram drew up the design with advice from the Canadian architects HDR/CEI and VDA, and the Finnish firm Tekojaa fitted the ice equipment.
Anyone over the age of five may skate, and the arena offers lessons with professional instructors.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Admission
Public skating costs ₮30,000 for an adult (15 and over) and ₮20,000 for a child (5 to 15) for one hour on weekdays, and ₮35,000 and ₮25,000 at weekends; skating trainers for beginners are ₮3,000 on weekdays and ₮5,000 on weekends, and socks, helmet and protective gear are included in the price.