The Medeo outdoor ice skating rink is designed as a huge speed skating and Bandy area. Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team’s goal.

The Medeo rink was constructed in 1949, and the first competition took place at the stadium on Feb 4, 1951. At the beginning, it was naturally frozen by its location, but, to control its use, it now has a normal refrigerated facility.

The statistics of the rink are really impressive. It is located on the eastern outskirts of Almaty at an altitude of 1,690 meters and has an area of 10,500 square meters of ice. The altitude has made the rink the highest skating rink in the world.