$4.2 million rink for NZ showdown

$4.2 million ice rink is to be imported into New Zealand from Amsterdam to host the number one and two ice hockey nations in the world. Three exhibition games between the USA and Canada will be held in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin and will be the biggest games this country has seen of the winter sport. The two top-flight hockey nations will battle it out in the specially imported ice rink this July and August. The 60 by 30 metre portable ice rink, which holds 250,000 litres of water, is to be specially imported for the three-match series. Up to 50 staff will be employed to set up the giant rink, which will take 48 hours and cost $2000 a day to maintain while in New Zealand. The games will be held in Auckland's Vector Arena on July 23, Christchurch CBS Canterbury Arena on July 30 and the Dunedin Ice Stadium on August 3. All games will be filmed for international television and screened in New Zealand, Canada, the United States and Australia.
Source: ONE Sport