Plans for the proposed Canberra Arena have been abandoned after the ACT Government deemed the project no longer viable following their evaluation of an updated proposal. The arena, which was to be located in the district of Tuggeranong, was planned to include two full size ice sheets and have spectator capacity of 3,600. The development partner of the project, Cruachan Investments, has stated that they are now working on a new proposal with options for the facility to be built at different locations.
Further information
- ACT government scraps plans for long-awaited Tuggeranong ice sports facility by Niki Burnside (ABC News, 7 September 2026)
- AIHL statement on cancellation of planned ice sports facility in Canberra by the AIHL (7 September 2026)
- (Subscription required): Opposition cries ‘debacle’ over scrapped Tuggeranong ice sports centre by Jasper Lindell (The Canberra Times, 7 September 2026)
- (Subscription required): Personal clashes, Geocon and a broken Tuggeranong promise. The inside story of an ice rink blow up by Melanie Dinjaski (The Canberra Times, 9 September 2026)
- (Subscription required): ‘Really bloody sad’: anger, frustration as ice sports community reacts to Tuggeranong ice rink debacle by Melanie Dinjaski (The Canberra Times, 7 September 2026)
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