Ulaanbaatar
Construction work of Winter Sports Palace to begin next month
Sports
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ On March 12, President of Mongolia Kh. Battulga met with the national hockey team that became a winner of Asia Challenge Cup 2019 tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
At the beginning of the meeting, the President praised the achievement of
national teams of 3x3 basketball,
ice hockey and football, mentioning that a
construction work of sports
palace 'Steppa Arena’ will
commence next month near Buyant Ukhaa Sports Complex according to Olympic
standards, or sized 60x30 covering 12.7 thousand
square meters.
He recalled his promise at their last meeting, held last year, on paying attention to creation
of a winter sports complex to encourage and motivate athletes and said that as a
result of talks with
the Czech Republic and Canada, it was decided to build a new winter sports
center 'Steppa Arena,
with funding of USD15 million.
“It will be a part of
preparations for Children
of Asia International Sports Games to be held in Ulaanbaatar in 2020. Moreover, construction work of
football and athletics arena with a capacity of 10 thousand people will start next month,” said the President.
