The construction site of the PalaItalia Santagiulia ice hockey arena, which will host the hockey and para hockey competitions at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, in Milan, Italy, on Dec. 1.

The Santagiulia hockey arena in the distant suburbs of Milan appears to be following a great Italian Olympic tradition: Build it late, panic, then work 24/7 to get the job done before the start of the Games.

On Sunday, with the help of the clever, evasive maneuvers of a local taxi driver, The Globe and Mail got close to the arena but not into it. Less than two months ahead of the opening of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, the arena was surrounded by construction machines and material, though the three-tiered building’s exterior seemed largely completed.

There were a few worker

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