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Los Angeles Times
|January 10, 2026
MILANO CORTINA 2026
THE STATUS of the Santagiulia Arena for the Olympics has worried the NHL.
(LUCA BRUNO Associated Press)
MILAN — Olympic organizers are “100%” confident the NHL won't pull out of the Milan Cortina Games with the new ice hockey arena finally ready. Or almost.
Construction delays and other concerns about the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena have drawn headlines for weeks ahead of the NHL returning to the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014 and the women’s tournament opening Feb. 5.
The NHL has expressed concern about the construction and quality of the ice surface. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said last month in Winnipeg that the league would not send its players if there were any safety concerns.
When Andrea Francisi, the chief games operations officer for Milan Cortina, was asked on Friday how confident he was that NHL players would participate, he said, “100%, 100%.”
This story is from the January 10, 2026 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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