▁to ▁H åk ons h allen , ▁a ▁medieval ▁hall ▁in ▁Ber gen . ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁the ▁municipal ▁council ▁voted ▁to ▁locate ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁L ille ham mer ▁ven ues ▁in ▁the ▁St amp es lett a ▁area , ▁and ▁to ▁place ▁H åk ons ▁Hall ▁adjacent ▁to ▁Krist ins ▁Hall . ▁This ▁was ▁controvers ial ▁and ▁many ▁council ors ▁voted ▁for ▁the ▁original ▁decent ral ized ▁plan , ▁with ▁the ▁ven ues ▁spread ▁out ▁through ▁the ▁municipality . ▁The ▁application ▁for ▁the ▁Olympics ▁called ▁for ▁building ▁up ▁to ▁five ▁ice ▁ven ues ▁in ▁L ille ham mer . ▁For ▁post - O lymp ic ▁use , ▁Krist ins ▁Hall ▁was ▁designated ▁as ▁the ▁main ▁ice ▁r ink ▁for ▁L ille ham mer , ▁while ▁it ▁was ▁planned ▁that ▁H åk ons ▁Hall ▁would ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁larger ▁events . ▁On ▁ 8 ▁December ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁the ▁International ▁Olympic ▁Committee ▁rejected ▁two ▁dem ands ▁from ▁the ▁International ▁Ice ▁Hockey ▁Federation ▁( II H F ) ▁for ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁host ▁a ▁minimum ▁of ▁ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁spect ators ▁in ▁the ▁larger ▁ice ▁hockey ▁ven ue ▁and ▁for ▁a ▁women ' s ▁ice ▁hockey ▁tournament . ▁ ▁The ▁decision ▁about ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁the ▁ice ▁hockey ▁ven ues ▁was ▁made ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁H åk ons ▁Hall ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁main ▁ven ue , ▁supp lement ed ▁by ▁G j