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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Kenyan skaters chillin' on East Africa's first ice rink". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Nairobi, Kenya - Solar Ice Rink". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "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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