CSKA Arena explained

CSKA Arena
Logo Image:CSKA Arena logo.jpg
Former Names:VTB Ice Palace
Legends Arena (during construction)
Location:23a Avtozavodskaya Street,
 Moscow,
Coordinates:55.7014°N 37.6449°W
Built:2013–2015
Publictransit: Avtozavodskaya
ZIL
Owner:PJSC Rosneft Oil Company[1]
Construction Cost:4,5 billion RUB
(60 million Euro)
Acreage:70,3 thousand sq.m
Suites:80
Architect:Sergey Choban, Nikolai Gordyushin, Sergey Popov, Alexey Evsikov, Alexey Bolotin
(SPEECH)
Capacity:Large Arena
Ice hockey: 11,880
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
Tenants:HC CSKA Moscow (KHL,)
HC Zvezda Moscow (VHL,)
HC Krasnaya Armiya Moscow (MHL,)

CSKA Arena (Russian: ЦСКА Арена),[2] 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 Bank.

CSKA Arena is a part of the Park of Legends renovation project on the former ZiL auto plant site. 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.

History

The Ice Palace opened on April 26, 2015. It has been the home arena for KHL's club CSKA Moscow since 2018.

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. From 2017 to 2021, it was the home arena for Spartak Moscow before they announced plans to move into another Moscow Sports Palace Megasport.

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.

Venues

The facility features three different indoor arenas, the "Large Arena," the "Small Arena," and a training facility.

The large arena has a seating capacity of 12,100 viewers for ice hockey and figure skating, 13,000 for basketball[3] and 14,000 for wrestling, boxing, MMA, and concerts.

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.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rosneft acquired the Park of Legends Ice Palace from Arkady Rotenberg's structures.. ru. www.sports.ru. 2018-04-24.
  2. Web site: VTB Ice Palace gets a new name, CSKA Arena. cska-hockey.ru. ru. 2018-08-09.
  3. Web site: http://parklegends.ru/news/rukovoditeli-evroligi-i-cska-posetili-arenu-legend . ru:РУКОВОДИТЕЛИ ЕВРОЛИГИ И ЦСКА ПОСЕТИЛИ "АРЕНУ ЛЕГЕНД" . ru . September 16, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123213814/http://parklegends.ru/news/rukovoditeli-evroligi-i-cska-posetili-arenu-legend . November 23, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: http://parklegends.ru/object/vtb-ledovyj-dvorec/mnogofunkcionalnyj-kompleks-vtb-ledovyj-dvorec . ru:ВТБ ЛЕДОВЫЙ ДВОРЕЦ . ru . September 16, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923010415/http://parklegends.ru/object/vtb-ledovyj-dvorec/mnogofunkcionalnyj-kompleks-vtb-ledovyj-dvorec . September 23, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .