For the Summer and Winter Olympics, there are 27 venues that have been or will be used for figure skating.
[1][3] For the first two Winter Olympics, figure skating was held outdoors.
[4][5][6] With figure skating being held outdoors, there were weather concerns with thawing for the first two Winter Games.
[7] A suggestion by International Olympic Committee President Count Henri de Baillet-Latour to 1932 Olympic Organizing Committee President Godfrey Dewey in September 1930 led Dewey to create the first indoor arena for the Winter Olympics.
[9] Figure skating's final competition that took place outdoors was in 1956 though that venue has since had a roof added to it.