VTB Ice Palace

CSKA Arena
Former names VTB Ice Palace
Legends Arena (during construction)
Location Moscow, Russia
Coordinates 55°42′05″N 37°38′42″E / 55.7014°N 37.6449°E / 55.7014; 37.6449Coordinates: 55°42′05″N 37°38′42″E / 55.7014°N 37.6449°E / 55.7014; 37.6449
Public transit  2  Avtozavodskaya
 14  ZIL
Owner Inter RAO Group
Executive suites 80
Capacity Large Arena
Ice Hockey: 12,100
Basketball: 13,000
Boxing: 14,000
Concerts: 14,000
Small Arena
Ice Hockey: 3,500
Basketball: 4,400
Boxing: 5,000
Concerts: 5,000
Construction
Built 2013–15
Opened April 26, 2015
Construction cost 4,5 billion RUB
(60 million Euro)
Tenants
CSKA Moscow
Spartak Moscow

CSKA Arena (Russian: ЦСКА Арена)[1], formerly known as VTB Ice Palace (Russian: ВТБ Ледовый дворец) and Legends Arena (Russian: Арена Легенд), is an indoor multi-sport venue that is located in Moscow, Russia. Its main sponsor is VTB. The facility features 3 different indoor arenas, the "Large Arena", the "Small Arena", and a training facility, all housed in the same complex. Both the large and small arenas are multi-purpose venues.

CSKA Arena is a part of the Park of Legends big renovation project, on the site of the former ZiL auto plant. It includes the Arena, the Russian Hockey Museum with the Russian Hockey Hall of Glory, Watersport Arena, and Apartments Complex. It is located near by the ZIL MCC and Avtozavodskaya Metro station.

Venues

The large arena has a seating capacity of 12,100 viewers for ice hockey and figure skating, 13,000 for basketball[2] and 14,000 for wrestling, boxing, MMA, and concerts. The large arena also has 80 VIP luxury box suites.

The small arena has a seating capacity of 3,500 viewers for ice hockey and figure skating, 4,400 for basketball and 5,000 for wrestling, boxing, MMA, and concerts. The third arena, the training arena, has a capacity of 500.[3]

History

The Ice Palace opened on April 26, 2015. From 2015 till 2018 it was the home stadium for the Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey team Dynamo Moscow

In 2015, five of six matches of Channel One Cup were played in the Arena.

In 2016, the arena hosted games of the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

Since 2018 it became the home stadium for CSKA Moscow.

References

  1. ↑ "VTB Ice Palace gets a new name, CSKA Arena" (in Russian). cska-hockey.ru. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  2. ↑ "РУКОВОДИТЕЛИ ЕВРОЛИГИ И ЦСКА ПОСЕТИЛИ "АРЕНУ ЛЕГЕНД"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ "ВТБ ЛЕДОВЫЙ ДВОРЕЦ" (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.

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