Whitley Bay Ice Rink
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| Location | Whitley Bay |
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| Coordinates | 55° 2′ 9″ N, 1° 27′ 18″ W |
| Owner | Mr. Francis Smith |
| Type | Sports Venue |
| Seating type | Green Plastic |
| Capacity | 3,200 |
| Opened | 1955 |
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Whitley Bay Ice Rink is an ice rink located in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England and is the home of the Whitley Warriors ice hockey team. An additional team played out of the ice rink, the Newcastle Vipers, who are now disbanded. It is one of two permanent public ice rinks in the north east of England. A ten-pin bowling centre in the area upstairs which was added in the 1960s was closed in 2007.
It was also the region's premier concert venue, until the Newcastle Arena (now Metro Radio Arena) opened in 1995. Artists that have performed at the venue include Status Quo, AC/DC, The Cure, Iron Maiden, KISS, Metal Church, Metallica, Kylie Minogue,New Kids on the Block,Oasis,Pet Shop Boys, Sting,The Stone Roses and Take That, among others.
Surprisingly, Whitley Bay Ice Rink has only ever held one professional boxing event - Chris Eubank kayoed an inept Spaniard Jose Ignacio Barruetebana in just 55 farcical seconds in a main event of that 1995 show. However, the WWE then WWF held three wrestling house shows at the rink in 1993 with wrestlers such as The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Randy Savage, Razor Ramon, Diesel, Ted Dibiase and Yokozuna appearing. As with concerts the WWE now does all of its Newcastle shows in the larger Metro Radio Arena.
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