CSKA Arena
CSKA Arena (Russian: ЦСКА Арена),[1] formerly known as VTB Ice Palace (Russian: ВТБ Ледовый дворец) and Legends Park (Russian: Парк 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.
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.jpg) CSKA Arena in 2018. | |
| Former names | VTB Ice Palace Legends Arena (during construction) |
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| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55.7014°N 37.6449°E |
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| Owner | Inter RAO Group |
| Executive suites | 80 |
| Capacity | Large Arena Ice Hockey: 12,100 Basketball: 13,000 Boxing/MMA: 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 (KHL, since 2018) Spartak Moscow (KHL, since 2017) | |
| Website | |
| icearenamsk | |
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 nearby 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 it was the home stadium for the Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey team Dynamo Moscow before they moved into their newly built own VTB Arena in January 2019.
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.
It is the home stadium for Spartak Moscow since 2017 and for CSKA Moscow since 2018. There were also rumors that CSKA basketball club would use the arena for their Euroleague home games, but they decided to play them at Megasport Arena instead.
Gallery
Channel One Cup (Sector 202)
2016 IIHF World Championship (Sector 212)
Aerial photo of former ZiL plant, Moscow (2018)
References
- "VTB Ice Palace gets a new name, CSKA Arena" (in Russian). cska-hockey.ru. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- РУКОВОДИТЕЛИ ЕВРОЛИГИ И ЦСКА ПОСЕТИЛИ "АРЕНУ ЛЕГЕНД" (in Russian). Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ВТБ ЛЕДОВЫЙ ДВОРЕЦ (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
