Rimini Rinklers

At a glance

Rimini, Italy—plays at The Coastal Pavilion, capacity 3,214. Plays in La Conférence du Givre.

A beach town that now has year-round ice. The tourists are confused. The gelato vendors have adapted. The Rinklers play with flair.

Identity

• City: Rimini, Italy
• Arena: The Coastal Pavilion
• Capacity: 3,214
• Colors: #5FBBDE / #F07C6E
• Conference: La Conférence du Givre

Arena modifier—Riviera

Sub-effect revealed at game start. Some nights: Dolce Vita (visiting team physicality drops—nobody wants to fight in Rimini). Other nights: Sunburn (visiting team stats degrade proportionally to how far north their home arena is).

Sub-effects (one revealed at game start):

• Dolce Vita—Visiting team physicality drops. Nobody wants to fight in Rimini. It’s too beautiful.
• Sunburn—Visiting team stats degrade proportionally to how far north their home arena is. Scandinavian teams suffer most. Tropical teams are fine.

See all arena modifiers for cross-comparison.

The arena—lore

The Coastal Pavilion is on the beach. Not near the beach. On it. The building sits where a beachfront dance hall stood until The Almighty Ice arrived and quietly replaced it. Sand still blows in through the open sides during summer months. The Riviera modifier is the only dual modifier in the league—some nights it manifests as Dolce Vita, softening the visiting team’s physicality, and other nights as Sunburn, degrading the stats of northern teams. Le Council has attempted to predict which sub-modifier will appear and has failed consistently. The Rinklers don’t seem to care. They play with flair regardless. The gelato vendors on the promenade outside have adapted to year-round foot traffic. The tourists remain confused.

The arena—building

Open-air, or nearly. A light structure of white-painted steel and canvas, more pavilion than arena. The roof is a series of sail-like fabric canopies stretched over a steel frame, billowing gently in the Adriatic breeze. Two sides of the arena are open to the elements—white curtains can be drawn for weather but usually aren’t. The seating is intimate: wooden benches and folding chairs arranged around three sides of the rink, with the fourth side open to a view of the sea. The Almighty Ice surface shouldn’t exist in this climate, but it does, and it’s immaculate. String lights hang in lazy arcs above the stands. The concession stand sells aperol spritz and gelato alongside the usual arena fare. The smell of salt air mixes with cold ice. The Coastal Pavilion is the smallest arena in the league and the most beautiful. It seats 3,214 and every one of them can hear the waves.

S.H.I.F.T. movements

Season 03 window · 12–17 October 2026

• Signing. Signed Tancredi Vallone (G) from the unattached pool in goal. Released Andrea Vitale (G) to the pool, round one.
• Trade. Received Agustín Medina (D) from Ushuaia Undertow for the second defence pair. Sent Francesca Serra (D) the other way, round two.

Season 02 window · 10–14 August 2026

• Trade. Received Aoi Yamamoto (LW) from Tokyo Titans for the third line. Sent Matteo Galli (LW) the other way.

See the S.H.I.F.T. for how a movement is filed, voted, and registered.

See also

• Teams overview—all 48 franchises.
• The conferences—how the Verglas and the Givre were sorted.
• Arena modifiers—the mechanic behind Riviera.
• Glossary—every term, A–Z.