NHL players will be back at the Olympics in February for the first time since 2014, but the planned main arena for ice hockey might not be ready in time for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games in Italy.

Construction on the venue is behind schedule, and organizers say there presently is no backup plan if it is not completed in time.

“There is no Plan B,” Andrea Francisi, the chief Games operations officer for Milan-Cortina said Saturday, according to The Associated Press. “So necessarily we have to be able to organize the competition in an impeccable manner at Santagiulia.”

The ice hockey competition is scheduled to begin with a women’s game on Feb. 5, one day ahead of the Opening Ceremonies.

The men’s tournament is slated to take place Feb. 11-22.

Francisi added he is confident “for t

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