The venue is the national stadium for speed skating in Norway. It hosts annual ISU Speed Skating World Cup, and has in addition hosted many European and world championships. This includes the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in 1993 (for men), 1999, 2004, 2009, 2013 and 2017 tournaments. The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships has been held in 1997, 2002 and 2007, while the World Single Distance Championships was held in 1996. The European Speed Skating Championships has been held four times, in 1994, 2000, 2006, 2010 and 2014.