There is a good ice arena, the facade is beautiful, the interior is cozy. There is a hockey shop inside and a small buffet. It is cool in the stands themselves, the palace is cool (from experience, only in Brest it is colder). The locker rooms are small, and this is a very big minus, and the color combination (the grandstand seats) is not the best. The ice directly on the field is good. I am very glad that mass skating is exactly an hour, at a price cheaper than in other arenas, it is a good idea to change shoes in the lobby, since there is a lot of space. I advise everyone, I think some people will really like it.
The coldest place in Minsk. The cold is everywhere, meets at the entrance. The cold in the ice arena is normal. The damp piercing cold in the foyer is abnormal. This foyer also serves as a locker room for athletes. Once again: there are no locker rooms for athletes, athletes change clothes immediately outside the entrance doors in the lobby on benches. The lighting is poor. Personal drawers for storing personal belongings are present, but inaccessible - they are closed and devoid of keys. The cold is grave. Toilets are holes in the floor, like "squatted down". The center of Minsk, the Ice Palace. Ice for skaters is of poor quality, they stumble and fall. When they fall, the clothes and gloves are wet. That is, they fall into the water, into the water on the ice. The cafe is present in the form of a buffet. There are sweet bars and coffee on sale, which you no longer want. Super-icon style lighting. The plastic panels around the perimeter of the rink are opaque due to complete tubbing - no one knows how old they are. I can't say anything good about the ICE PALACE.
I like the arena, there are restrictions on the opening hours. Many residents of Stalitsa work until 18:00 and it is very difficult to get there on a weekday, since there is only one session for skiing. But the most interesting thing is on Saturday and Sunday, when the sessions end just as early. It is not possible to park the car, as you need a ticket. There are few drawers for things. There are many dead skates that don't sharpen.
It's terrible when there are no insoles in skates, but they prove to you that this is the case in all, and when they take the first pair, it turns out that there are insoles there. And the next pair has insoles.
Otherwise, it's fine, but I wanted more comfort.