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Fife Ice Arena
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Alternate: Kirkcaldy Ice Rink

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Established
1938 (88 years old)

Capacity
3,525

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Country
Scotland

Location
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Timezone
UTC +00:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Coordinates
56°7′57″N 3°8′4″W

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		Upcoming
04 Oct	Fife FlyeFife Flyers	6:00pm	SheffieldSheffield Steelers
13 Dec	Fife FlyeFife Flyers	5:00pm	SheffieldSheffield Steelers
		Results
04 Apr	Fife FlyeFife Flyers	3 - 2	Dundee StDundee Stars
28 Mar	Fife FlyeFife Flyers	3 - 5	Coventry Coventry Blaze
22 Mar	Fife FlyeFife Flyers	0 - 4	ManchesteManchester Storm
15 Mar	Fife FlyeFife Flyers	2 - 4	ManchesteManchester Storm
08 Mar	Fife FlyeFife Flyers	1 - 7	SheffieldSheffield Steelers
01 Mar	Fife FlyeFife Flyers	0 - 3	Belfast GBelfast Giants
22 Feb	Fife FlyeFife Flyers	6 - 5	Glasgow CGlasgow Clan

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Fife Ice Arena, originally known as Kirkcaldy Ice Rink, opened in 1938. The Kirkcaldy Ice Rink was designed by architects Williamson & Hubbard. Fife Ice Arena is the home venue of the oldest ice hockey team in the UK, the Fife Flyers. It is also a venue for public skating, figure skating, speed skating, curling and ice shows. The arena has also hosted concerts, boxing, wrestling, motorcycle ice speedway and other events such as dog shows.

The Fife Free Press dated 2 February 1938, announced 30,000 ordinary shares at One Pound (British pre-decimal currency) (£1) each in a proposed new rink in the town. 25,000 shares were offered for subscription. On 17 February, plans to build the rink in the Gallatown were presented to, and approved by, Kirkcaldy Dean of Guild Court. The one-storey building contained seating for 4,500 and would cost £37,000 (equivalent to £2,153,000 in 2025) to construct. To put that figure into context the town's fire station, also opened that year, cost £15,000 (equivalent to £873,000 in 2025).

The building was to have a carcass of steel stanchions and a roof span of 145 feet without any supporting pillars except those at the extremities, making it the widest construction of its kind in Scotland at the time.

The rink's ground level would consist of an entrance hall, general office, booking office, confectioners and tobacconist, cloakroom with provision for a large restaurant, and a milk bar. Facilities also included dressing rooms with spray baths, while immediately above the entrance was the boardroom, bandstand and manager's office. The plans also had a touch of class—the restaurant featured Parker-Knoll chairs, curtains designed by Dame Laura Knight, as well as monogrammed cutlery.

Much of the work was carried out by local tradesmen, including plumber James Blyth, while the original sound system came from E. Donaldson of Kirk Wynd. The builder was James Ramsay of Leslie, while joiner D. Mitchell & Sons, also of Leslie, worked on the roof.


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