Auronzo, the ice stadium is not compliant: “It remains closed”

Mayor Pais Becher worried about the corroded cooling system: “The ammonia leak would see us forced to evacuate half the town.” A study has been commissioned for the demolition and construction of a new stadium, covering the tennis courts

AURONZO. The Auronzo ice stadium is all to be redone and the municipal administration hopes that the new facility will be built for the next Olympics in Cortina. The cooling system, in fact, one of the only ones that still runs exclusively on ammonia, “is not compliant”, as certified by a company in the sector, which produced a study of 80 pages.

«A good part of the pipes are heavily damaged: from the visual examination carried out it was found that the delivery pipes near the entrance to the runway are affected by an advanced state of widespread corrosion. In the knowledge that a leak of ammonia from the same would lead to the evacuation of half the town, we inform you that the same will remain closed at the moment “: words of the mayor Tatiana Pais Becher.

The Municipal Council has examined what the plausible solutions may be: from the replacement of the entire cooling plate to the demolition of the plant itself and its reconstruction. After having exposed the problem to the Veneto Region, the Coni and the Minister of Economic Development, a sum was included in the 2021 budget to be allocated to the assignment of an assignment to a professional for the realization of a feasibility study of a new plant, which provides, in addition to the ice stadium, the coverage of tennis courts and the construction of a wellness center.