Medeo - the highest skating rink in the world |Built||1949 -
1951| |Renovated||1972, 2003, 2009| |Owner||City of Almaty|
|Construction cost||19.4 billion tenge (approx. 131.8 million
$)| |2011 Asian Winter Games, 2012 Bandy World Championships,
2017 Winter Universiade The Medeu, (Kazakh: Медеу; Medew) or
Medeo (Russian: Медео) is an outdoor speed skating and bandy
rink. It is located in a mountain valley (Medeu Valley, or the
valley of Malaya Alma-Atinka River) on the south-eastern
outskirts of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Medeu sits 1,691 metres above
sea level, making it the highest skating rink in the world. It
has 10.5 thousand square meters of ice and utilizes a
sophisticated freezing and watering system to ensure the quality
of the ice.The mountain valley was named in honor of Medeo, a
wanderer who lived in the last century and established own aul
in this picturesque. site. Construction of the stadium began in
the fall of 1949, and the first competition took place at the
stadium on 4 February 1951. Medeu switche