In year 1963, an artificial skating rink was built in Rinkelinmäki. It was roofed after it switched over to city property in year 1979, after which it has been called arena. The arena project got started around year 1976 because of pressure from HPK. This led to the formation of a committee that was led by HPK chairman, bank manager Seppo Nenonen. The starting point was not good because of city attitude. The committee made a property plan based on its research well knowing that the project's expenses needed to be in the minimum for it to succeed – and success still wasn't certain. All extra space had to be cut out: no break rooms, no hotdog sale and only namely seats. The most important thing was, that some roofing would be obtained. This was a situation, that some say the current actives