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In the unsuccessful Lillehammer bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics, ice hockey events were proposed played in Hamar and Gjøvik. However, in the Lillehammer bid for the 1994 Winter Olympics, all ice events were moved to Lillehammer proper,{{cite web|url=http://www.lillehammer.kommune.no/links/113598 |title=An Olympic Fairy Tale |last1=Hove-Ødegård |first1=Arne |last2=Celius |first2=Sten |last3=Brun |first3=Ivar Ole |publisher=Lillehammer Municipality |year=2004 |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5uv6grx5a?url=http://www.lillehammer.kommune.no/files/75261/ |archive-date=12 December 2010 |page=9 |url-status=dead}} after recommendations from the International Ice Hockey Federation, who wanted all the ice hockey events to take place in the same town. This would involve building two temporary ice rinks at Stampesletta in Lillehammer, and after the Olympics moving them to Gjøvik and either Moelv, Brumunddal or Kongsvinger. By 1989, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to include short-track speed skating, increasing the number of ice halls from two to three. In April, the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee (LOOC) therefore proposed building permanent ice rinks in Hamar and Gjøvik.{{cite news |title=Også OL-status til Hamar og Gjøvik? |last=Dehlin |first=Håkon |date=5 April 1989 |page=44 |work=Aftenposten |language=no}}

The IOC also required that the long-track speed skating be done indoors. Hamar was awarded the venue, Vikingskipet, after Hamar Municipality guaranteed to cover all costs exceeding NOK 200 million. This provided sufficient leverage for Hamar to host additional events. LOOC approved the construction of Vikingskipet in on 15 December 1989 and at the same time supported proposals to renovate Storhamar Ishall to host Olympic ice hockey matches. A second, temporary training rink was also planned built in Hamar.{{cite news |title=Uendret kostnadsramme for Lillehammer-OL, tautrekking ventes på høyt plan |agency=Norwegian News Agency |last=Mathisen |first=Pål |date=15 December 1989 |language=no}}{{cite news |title=– Står fast på 6,4 mrd. |work=Aftenposten |language=no |last1=Larsen |first1=Gunnar Tore |last2= Kirkebøen |first2=Stein |last3=Fagerli |first3=Hans Petter |date=16 December 1989 |page=30}} In addition, the Hamar venue would be used for short track speed skating, while figure skating would be run in Lillehammer.{{cite news |title=Skøyte-komite anbefaler kortbane-løp på Hamar, kunstløp i Håkons Hall |agency=Norwegian News Agency |last=Mathisen |first=Pål |date=10 January 1990 |language=no}} In March, the plans were changed, so Hamar would receive an all-new ice rink in addition to a renovation of Storhamar Ishall.{{cite news |title=Ishockeypresident: – Trist og glad! |work=Aftenposten |last=Siem |first=Kjetil |author-link=Kjetil Siem |date=22 March 1990 |page=36}}

Financing of the venue was officially granted by the Parliament of Norway in April 1990.LOOC (III): 57 The International Skating Union wanted to locate all skating in Hamar, and in October 1990, LOOC confirmed that they would reallocate the events so that all the all skating events would take place in Hamar, and that a separate Olympic Village would be built in Hamar for skaters.{{cite news |title=OL-kunstløp til Hamar? |last=Larsen |first=Gunnar Tore |work=Aftenposten |date=9 October 1990 |page=35 |language=no}} The original plans for the Olympic Amphitheatre called for a capacity for 4,500 and construction to cost NOK 65. By June 1991, LOOC decided to increase the size of the venue, as IOC would only allow the venue host figure skating if its spectator capacity was raised to 6,000.{{cite news |title=Hamar Ishall blir større og dyrere |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=18 June 1991 |language=no}} Financing of the expansion was granted in August, with the cost rising to NOK 83.3 million.{{cite news |title=Hamar får OL-kunstløp |last=Gravdal |first=Gunn |work=Aftenposten |date=6 August 1991 |page=4 |language=no}} Early plans called for the venue to be built in concrete, but a research project coordinated by the Norwegian Institute of Technology made it possible to cover the venue's exterior and interior in wood panel. This solution was hailed as aesthetical by architects, and as a technical innovation by the Norwegian construction industry.{{cite news |title=Det "lille" mesterverk på Hamar |work=Aftenposten |last=Gravdal |first=Gunn |date=10 November 1992 |page=13}}

The contract to build the venue was awarded to Martin M. Bakken, a local contractor, and construction started in August 1991.{{cite news |title=Byggestart for det siste OL-anlegget |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=5 August 1991 |language=no}} The laminated wood beams for the roof were delivered by Moelven Industrier.{{cite news |title=Ny OL-kontrakt til Moelven |last=Gravdal |first=Gunn |work=Aftenposten |date=19 August 1992 |page=23 |language=no}}

Ice was laid on the 12 November 1992{{cite news |title=Den første puck på olympisk is |work=Aftenposten |last=Gravdal |first=Gunn |date=13 November 1992 |page=6 |language=no}} and the arena was officially completed on 1 December.{{cite news |title=Anleggene |date=21 February 1982 |language=no |page=18 |work=Aftenposten}} The opening show took place already on 25 November and the first official match, between Storhamar and Stjernen, took place on 8 December. The venue was the 26th indoor ice hockey arena in Norway. After the Olympic arena was built, Storhamar Ishall was renovated, and the spectator capacity reduced through the construction of storage facilities and VIP areas. The Olympic Amphitheatre later installed Norway's first media cube in 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.dragons.no/content.asp?menuItem=0&docID=14379&docDetail=on&docType=A |title=Multimediakube på plass i Hamar OL-Amfi |publisher=Storhamar Dragons |language=no |access-date=9 May 2005 |archive-date=9 February 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209101114/http://www.dragons.no/content.asp?menuItem=0&docID=14379&docDetail=on&docType=A}}

The arena was formerly known as Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre ({{langx|no|Hamar OL-Amfi}} or {{lang|no|Hamar Olympiske Amfi}}) until October 2015, when CC bought the naming rights for the arena. A new media cube was also installed as part of the deal.{{cite web |url=http://www.sil.no/2015/10/06/cc-kjoper-hallnavnet-og-ny-kube/ |title=CC kjøper hallnavnet, og ny kube! |work=Sil.no |date=6 October 2015 |language=no |access-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119172430/http://www.sil.no/2015/10/06/cc-kjoper-hallnavnet-og-ny-kube/ |archive-date=19 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}

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Adjacent to the Olympic venue lays Storhamar Ishall. Solely used for ice hockey, it opened in 1981 and has a capacity for 1,200. Since the opening of the Olympic venue, Storhamar Ishall has been used for training, and the two rinks share common dressing rooms and other facilities.

The sport of ice hockey was taken up by Storhamar IL after the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo spurred the public interest in the sport. The pitch used by the club for summer sports was iced for the winter and surrounded with {{convert|15|cm|sp=us|adj=on}} tall wooden boards. As the club established an ice hockey section in 1955 it received funding from the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation to purchase {{convert|120|cm|sp=us|adj=on}} tall boards. The pitch was renovated for NOK 4,000 in 1957, financed through a municipal grant. Among the upgrades was insulation of the club house, which was a barracks stemming from the Second World War. A contractor who had a storage facility close by, kept receiving visits from juveniles who jumped the fence and took material for the work. He eventually visited the club house and supplied them with a key to the facility, somewhat involuntarily becoming the club's first sponsor.Gjerdåker (1998): 221

Storhamar traditionally played ice hockey on natural ice. In 1977, the club was promoted to the First Division, where the regulations required that the team play on artificial ice. To avoid having to play all their games on the road, the municipality agreed to finance an outdoor artificial rink at Storhamar. With the increased attendance and interest for hockey following the town's team playing in the top league, Storhamar started planning an indoor venue.Gjerdåker (1998): 224

State grants and a municipal guarantee were secured in 1980, with construction starting in the fall. The arena was built around the existing artificial rink.{{cite web|url=http://www.dragons.no/klubben/ishallene/ |title=Ishallene |author=Storhamar Dragons |author-link=Storhamar Dragons |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227104657/http://www.dragons.no/klubben/ishallene/ |archive-date=27 December 2011 |access-date=12 December 2011 |language=no |url-status=live}} Because the hall could not be completed in time for the 1980–81 season, Storhamar was permitted to play the season in the Second Division. Storhamar Ishall became the 11th indoor ice hockey rink in Norway{{cite web|url=http://www.hockey.no/t2.asp?p=61305 |title=Ishaller |author=Norwegian Ice Hockey Association |author-link=Norwegian Ice Hockey Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706024852/http://www.hockey.no/t2.asp?p=61305 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |access-date=7 February 2011 |language=no |url-status=dead}} when it opened in August 1981. The venue was to be partially financed through renting it out during the summer, including to an annual town fair. These ideas fell through and the municipality was forced to take over the venue.

The twin areas are located at Storhamar, a residential area west of the town center of Hamar. Similar to Vikingskipet, the venue has two official names, Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre and Nordlyshallen. The former cannot be used commercially by non-Olympic events, such as in merchandise.{{cite news |title=Forvirring om bruk av navn på OL-arenaer |agency=Norwegian News Agency |language=no |date=2 September 1992}} The venue is owned by the municipally owned entity called Hamar Olympiske Anlegg, which also owns and operates Vikingskipet. The operating deficits are covered by a post-Olympic capital fund, which in the case of the two Hamar venues was NOK 60 million. Only the interest of these funds is used to operate the facilities, unlike Lillehammer and Gjøvik which also derive fundings from their base capital. Owing to the fund, Hamar Municipality does not need to give municipal grants to operate the facilities.{{cite news |title=Hamar bruker ikke én krone på OL-anleggene |work=Aftenposten |last=Larsen |first=Gunnar Tore |date=20 November 1998 |page=46 |language=no}}

Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre is oval and has wood as the main construction material, both for the interior and the exterior.Hals (1999): 28 Overall it is {{convert|95|m|sp=us}} long, {{convert|75|m|sp=us}} wide and {{convert|22|m|sp=us}} tall.LOOC (III): 59 Architect Ola Mowè of HRTB chose the shape to connect various spatial designs and types of buildings in the neighborhood. The dark color was chosen to counteract the otherwise lively array of colors in the surroundings. The roof was built using laminated wood lattice girders.{{cite web |url=http://www.hrtb.no/prosjekter/ku_hamar.html |title=Hamar Olympiske Amfi |author=HRBT |author-link=HRBT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426051352/http://www.hrtb.no/prosjekter/ku_hamar.html |archive-date=26 April 2012 |access-date=12 December 2011 |language=no |url-status=dead}} The longest beam span is {{convert|70|m|sp=us}}. The exterior walls are clad with boards, panels and decorative molding. The interior wall are covered with pine panel.

The surface area of the building is {{convert|11000|m2|sp=us}}, of which {{convert|7000|m2|sp=us}} is on the ground floor. When used for ice hockey, the venue has an official spectator capacity for 7,000.{{cite news |url=http://www.h-a.no/sport/dragons/--haaper-vi-bikker-5000-kanskje-6000-tilskuere |title=- Håper vi bikker 5.000, kanskje 6.000 tilskuere |work=Hamar Arbeiderblad |date=9 September 2016 |access-date=9 September 2016 }} When used for handball the capacity is 6,480.{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/sport/haandball/artikkel.php?artid=2032643 |title=Hamar OL-Amfi |work=Verdens Gang |date=18 November 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611213439/http://www.vg.no/sport/haandball/artikkel.php?artid=2032643 |archive-date=11 June 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=live}} Storhamar Ishall has standing-only capacity for 1,500 spectators. During the Olympics, the main hall had 330 VIP seats, 60 seats for commentators and 200 press seats. The main rink had a new media cube installed in 2016.

File:Hamar OL-Amfi indoor.jpg playing Frisk Tigers during the 2007–08 Norwegian Play-Off Finals]]

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During the 1994 Winter Olympics, Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre was used for figure skating and short track speed skating. It hosted 13 events, drawing an average of 5,554 spectators.Eriksen and Greve (1995): 8 Storhamar Ishall was used for warming up and training to these events.Eriksen and Greve (1995): 37

Short track speed skating was dominated by South Korea, who won four of the six events.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/ |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128230652/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/ |archive-date=28 January 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} Chae Ji-Hoon won the men's 500 meters and Kim Ki-Hoon the 1000 meters,{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/mens-1000-metres.html |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129072909/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/mens-1000-metres.html |archive-date=29 January 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} while the men's 5000 meter relay was won by Italy.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/mens-5000-metres-relay.html |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres Relay |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811144835/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/mens-5000-metres-relay.html |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} Cathy Turner defended her 1992 gold on the 500 meters,{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/womens-500-metres.html |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's 500 metres |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912040741/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/womens-500-metres.html |archive-date=12 September 2012 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} while Chun Lee-Kyung won the women's 1000 meters and South Korea won the 3000 meter relay. At 13, Kim Yoon-Mi became the world's youngest Olympic gold medalist.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/womens-3000-metres-relay.html |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games:Women's 3,000 metres Relay |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226082616/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/womens-3000-metres-relay.html |archive-date=26 February 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}

In figure skating, relaxation of the amateurism rules led to several former stars returning.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/FSK/mixed-ice-dancing.html |title=Figure Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Mixed Ice Dancing |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227011316/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/FSK/mixed-ice-dancing.html |archive-date=27 February 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} The ladies' singles has resulted in the as-yet highest United States Winter Olympic television viewership,{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/01/190-million-people-watched-olympics-in-us-2nd-most-watched-winter-olympics-in-history/43448 |title=190 million People watched Olympics, 2nd most watched winter Olympics in history |work=TV By the Numbers |date=1 March 2010 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |archive-date=24 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124081022/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/01/190-million-people-watched-olympics-in-us-2nd-most-watched-winter-olympics-in-history/43448 |access-date=13 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} thanks to Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly hiring Shane Stant to club fellow female figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in the knee.{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1004829/index.htm |last=Swift |first=E. M. |title=Anatomy of a Plot |work=Sports Illustrated |date=14 February 1994 |access-date=11 December 2012 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102223017/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1004829/index.htm |url-status=dead}} The ladies' singles was won by Ukraine's Oksana Baiul,LOOC (IV): 148 while the men's singles was won by Russia's Alexei Urmanov,LOOC (IV): 147 the ice dancing was won by Russians Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov and the pair skating was won by Russians Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov.LOOC (IV): 145

The Olympic Amphitheatre is the home venue of Storhamar Hockey, formerly known as the Storhamar Dragons, the ice hockey division of Storhamar IL. The clubs' youth groups train in Storhamar Ishall, which is also used by the club's bandy group.{{cite news|url=http://www.h-a.no/Sport/Storhamar/tabid/96/Default.aspx?articleView=true&ModuleId=140091 |title=Vurderer håndball i ishallen |work=Hamar Dagblad |year=1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121112802/http://h-a.no/Sport/Storhamar/tabId/96/Default.aspx?ModuleId=140091&articleView=true |archive-date=21 November 2011 |access-date=12 December 2011 |url-status=live }} The Dragons have played continuously in the Elite League since the 1982–83 season. Their highest average league attendance was in the 1994–95 season, when they drew 3,731 spectators. While playing in Storhamar Ishall, the highest average attendance was in the 1984–85 season, with 2,097 spectators. From the 1991–92 to the following season, when the Olympic venue opened, the Dragons' average attendance doubled, from 1,412 to 2,875.{{cite web |url=http://www.dragons.no/klubben/historikk/sesonger/ |title=Storhamar Dragons sesong for sesong |publisher=Storhamar Dragons |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505232334/http://www.dragons.no/klubben/historikk/sesonger/ |language=no |archive-date=5 May 2012 |access-date=12 December 2011 |url-status=dead}} The Dragons' best attendance is 7,405, set during game seven of the 2004–05 Playoffs, where the Dragons beat Vålerenga in overtime.{{cite news |title=Tidenes drama |last=Langholm |first=Dag |work=Verdens Gang |date=29 March 2004 |page=26 |language=no}}

File:Stamp of Azerbaijan 296.jpg during the 1994 Winter Olympics]]

After the opening of Storhamar Ishall, it was used for two Norway men's national ice hockey team matches. On 2 January 1982, Norway lost 3–5 against Romania;{{cite news |title=TV-missen tente Norge |work=Verdens Gang |page=10 |date=4 January 1982 |language=no |last=Langholm |first=Dag}} and on 13 September 1983, Norway beat Italy 4–2.{{cite news |title=Hockeystart som gir løfter: 4–2 |last=Dehlin |first=Håkon |date=14 September 1983 |language=no |page=34 |work=Aftenposten}} The venue hosted, along with Lillehammer, Group A of the 1992 IIHF European U18 Championship. Norway's senior inaugural international match at the Olympic arena saw Norway lose 4–6 against Canada on 9 February 1993.{{cite news |title=Ishockey: Norge – Canada |agency=Norwegian News Agency |language=no |date=9 February 1993}} The 1999 IIHF World Championship in ice hockey was hosted at Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre, Håkons Hall in Lillehammer and Jordal Amfi in Oslo. Fourteen group-stage matches were held in Hamar.{{cite news |url=http://vg.no/sport/ishockey/vm99/kampene.hbs |title=VM-programmet |work=Verdens Gang |year=1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126100831/http://vg.no/sport/ishockey/vm99/kampene.hbs |archive-date=26 November 2005 |access-date=12 December 2010}}

On 12 March 2017 Storhamar hosted the Sparta Warriors in game five of the quarter finals in the Elite league. The game lasted for 217 minutes and 14 seconds in what is believed to be the longest hockey game in history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/incredible-hockey-game-in-norway-goes-8-overtimes/c-287656214|title = Incredible hockey game in Norway goes 8 overtimes}} Joakim Jensen scored the game-winning goal as Storhamar won 2-1 after nearly 11 periods of play.

In the film, I, Tonya, the scenes which take place in CC Amfi have not been shot in Hamar, but in the Macon Coliseum in Georgia.{{cite web|url=http://www.dga.org/~/media/Files/Production%20List/CPLBAFull%20pdf.pdf?531|title=Georgia: I, Tonya|website=Directors Guild of America|access-date=16 January 2017}}{{cite news|title=The Tonya Harding movie starring Margot Robbie is filming in Macon, GA next week|url=http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2017/01/25/tonya-harding-movie-starring-margot-robbie-filming-macon-ga-next-week/|access-date=7 February 2017|work=On Location Vacations|date=25 January 2017|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175436/https://onlocationvacations.com/2017/01/25/tonya-harding-movie-starring-margot-robbie-filming-macon-ga-next-week/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Corley|first1=Laura|title="I, Tonya" films in Macon, bringing '90s vibe to Macon Coliseum|url=http://www.macon.com/news/local/article130196134.html|access-date=7 February 2017|work=Macon|date=1 February 2017|language=en}}

Storhamar Ishall is the regular training venue for Storhamar IL's figure skating group.{{cite web |url=http://www.storhamar-kunstlop.com/skoyteskolen.html |title=Skøyteskolen |publisher=Storhamar IL |access-date=11 December 2011 |archive-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426051352/http://www.storhamar-kunstlop.com/skoyteskolen.html |url-status=dead}} Between them, the two venues have hosted the Norwegian Figure Skating Championships three times: Storhamar Ishall in 1983, and the Olympic Amphitheatre in 2005{{cite web |url=http://www.n-s-f.no/kunstlop/statistikk/vis_nmstat.asp |title=NM-historikk kunstløp |publisher=Norwegian Skating Association |language=no |access-date=11 December 2011 |archive-date=7 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207130133/http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/9900/jgp79900.html |url-status=dead}} and 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.storhamar-kunstlop.com/NM2011.html |title=LM/NN Hamar 2011 |publisher=Storhamar IL |language=no |access-date=11 December 2011 |archive-date=17 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117041119/http://www.storhamar-kunstlop.com/NM2011.html |url-status=dead}} In October 1993, the Olympic Amphitheatre hosted Piruetten 1993, a pre-Olympic figure skating event. Although featuring stars such as Nancy Kerrigan, it only attracted 150 spectators.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/03/sports/tv-sports-for-cbx-figure-skating-is-olympics.html |title=For CBX, Figure Skating Is Olympics |work=The New York Times |page=3 November 1993 |access-date=11 December 2011 |archive-date=26 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526083046/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/03/sports/tv-sports-for-cbx-figure-skating-is-olympics.html |url-status=live}} The venue has hosted the ISU Junior Grand Prix in 1999–2000 and 2000–01{{cite web |url=http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/9900/jgp79900.html |title=Piruetten 1999 |publisher=International Skating Union |access-date=11 December 2011 |archive-date=7 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207130133/http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/9900/jgp79900.html |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/0001/jgp8.html |title=Piruetten 2000 |publisher=International Skating Union |access-date=11 December 2011 |archive-date=7 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207130133/http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/9900/jgp79900.html |url-status=dead}} and the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 2002.{{cite web |url=http://ww2.isu.org/news/jrworlds1.html |title=2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Day 1 |publisher=International Skating Union |access-date=11 December 2011 |archive-date=24 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324011913/http://ww2.isu.org/news/jrworlds1.html |url-status=dead}}

Storhamar Ishall hosted Norway's first international short track speed skating event in November 1991.{{cite news |title=Kortbaneløp på Hamar |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=21 November 1991 |language=no}} The 1995 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships were scheduled to take place at the arena, but were moved to Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall because the Hamar venue would be used by Storhamar Dragons for the play-offs.{{cite news |title=Vil flytte kortbane-VM til Gjøvik |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=8 December 1994 |language=no}} The Olympic Amphitheatre has hosted matches of the Norway men's national handball team, with the first tournament being played in January 1993.{{cite news |title=Norge gjorde kort prosess |work=Bergens Tidende |date=26 January 1993 |page=20 |last=Hagen |first=Vegard Jansen |language=no}} It has also been used for Norway women's national handball team matches.{{cite news |title=Håndball: Norsk seier styrket selvtillitten |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=30 November 1995 |page=20 |last=Sveum |first=Jan-Erik |language=no}} The venue was one of seven venues used for the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship.{{cite news |title=Håndball: VM-byene klare |date=12 October 1998 |agency=Norwegian News Agency |language=no}} Between 2 and 9 December, it hosted nine group-stage matches and three of the quarter-finals. The venue was also the site of two matches during Møbelringen Cup 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.handball.no/p1.asp?p=11922 |title=Møbelringen Cup 2006 |date=25 November 2006 |publisher=Norwegian Handball Federation |language=no |archive-date=24 February 2012 |access-date=12 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224035908/http://www.handball.no/p1.asp?p=11922 |url-status=live}} In September 2007, the Olympic arena hosted Fédération Cynologique Internationale's world championship in dog agility.{{cite web|url=http://www.akc.org/events/agility/world/2007/ |title=World Agility Championships |publisher=American Kennel Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722125833/http://www.idrett.no/nyheter/Documents/YOG2016_Lillehammer_PHOTO.PDF |archive-date=22 July 2011 |access-date=11 December 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.agility-wc2007.no/ |title=Welcome to the FCI World Championship in Agility |publisher=FCI Agility World Championships 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415142016/http://www.agility-wc2007.no/ |archive-date=15 April 2009 |access-date=15 April 2009 |url-status=live}} The 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships took place at the Olympic Amphitheatre.{{cite web|url=http://kjelkehockey.no/filer/29_12_VMkampoppsett_LR.pdf|title=2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships. Hamar – Norway, March 24 – April 1|access-date=1 April 2011|publisher=Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation}} Lillehammer hosted the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics,{{cite news|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/olympics/youth-olympics/2016/15116-lillehammer-awarded-2016-winter-youth-olympic-games |title=Lillehammer awarded 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games |work=Inside the Games |date=7 December 2011 |access-date=7 December 2011 |archive-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425093413/http://www.insidethegames.biz/olympics/youth-olympics/2016/15116-lillehammer-awarded-2016-winter-youth-olympic-games}} with Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre being the venue for the figure skating events.{{cite web|url=http://www.idrett.no/nyheter/Documents/YOG2016_Lillehammer_PHOTO.PDF |author=Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports |author-link=Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports |title=Candidate city for the Winter Youth Olympic Games: Lillehammer 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722125833/http://www.idrett.no/nyheter/Documents/YOG2016_Lillehammer_PHOTO.PDF |archive-date=22 July 2011 |access-date=6 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}

Since 2001, Hamar Olympic Amphitreatre has hosted the annual Idrettsgallaen, a television show that honors the past year's Norwegian sports and athlete achievements. Hamar was selected to host the event because its main sponsor, the national lottery company Norsk Tipping, has its head office in Hamar. Idrettsgallaen is held in early January, when many of winter sports athletes are home and the summer athletes are off season. In 2010, Idrettsgallaen was hosted in Lillehammer because the weekend clashed with the 2010 European Speed Skating Championships in Vikingskipet and Hamar lacks sufficient hotel capacity to host both simultaneously.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsanalyse.no/wip4/idrettsgallaen-2010-lillehammer/d.epl?id=428796 |title=Idrettsgallaen 2010 til Lillehammer |date=3 April 2009 |last=Unaas |first=Erik |work=Sportsanalyse |access-date=31 March 2011 |archive-date=10 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310084726/http://www.sportsanalyse.no/wip4/idrettsgallaen-2010-lillehammer/d.epl?id=428796 |url-status=dead}} Concerts hosted at the arena since the opening concert with Fats Domino on 25 November 1992 include Little Richard in 1993,{{cite news |title=Little Richard til Hamar |work=Aftenposten |date=28 September 1992 |page=36 |language=no}} Vamp in 2005,{{cite news |title=Vestlandsfanen |last1=Johnsen |first1=Lars West |last2=Tostrup |first2=Ivan |work=Dagsavisen |date=19 November 2005 |page=34 |language=no}} Willie Nelson in 2008{{cite news |title=Willie Nelson til Norge |work=Aftenposten |date=22 December 2007 |page=8 |language=no}} and José Carreras in 2010.{{cite news |title=Opera-sanger José Carreras under ein konsert i Hamar OL-Amfi søndag |work=Vårt Land |date=23 July 2010 |page=8 |language=no}}

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