Blackburn Arena is an Olympic size ice arena in Blackburn, Lancashire and the home of Blackburn Hawks ice hockey club. The Arena, which opened in 1991 holds 3,200 people and has an ice pad of 60 meters by 30 meters. Location within the British Isles. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a hard, round ball or a puck into the opponents goal, past the goalkeeper or goaltender (often abbreviated goalie), using a stick. ...

The Arena is owned by Peel Holdings after the original owners, Blackburn Council sold it. Planning permission was granted at the time of building for an extra 1000 or so seats at the back of the Arena. It was built to coincide with Manchester's 1996 Olympic bid, with the possibility of boxing contests being held there. The rock band Status Quo played a concert at the arena in 1992. Look up Status quo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present current, existing state of affairs. ...