Arena Khimki

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Arena Khimki
The Khimki arena
The Khimki arena
Data
place RussiaRussia Khimki , Moscow Oblast , Russia
Coordinates 55 ° 53 '7.2 "  N , 37 ° 27' 15.9"  E Coordinates: 55 ° 53 '7.2 "  N , 37 ° 27' 15.9"  E
start of building December 2005
opening September 20, 2008
First game Official:
20 September 2008
FK Khimki - Saturn Ramenskoje 2: 1
Friendly match:
7 September 2008
FK Khimki - FK Zelenograd 3: 2
surface Natural grass
architect Mihailo Stupar (Maritimo Group)
capacity 18,636 seats
playing area 105 m × 68 m
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Events

The Arena Khimki ( Russian Арена Химки ) is a football stadium in the Russian city ​​of Khimki in Moscow Oblast . Since 2009, the team of FK Dynamo Moscow has been holding its games temporarily until 2019 in the sports facility with 18,636 seats, as the construction of the VTB Arena was delayed. As of 2010, the team played CSKA Moscow in the Arena Khimki, as the former venue Luzhniki was modernized. ZSKA has been playing in the newly built WEB Arena since September 2016 . The FC Khimki came after relegation to the second-rate first football division since 2010 in the new Khimki stadium with 3,000 seats on. After FK Dynamo moved out, FK Chimki will be back in the Chimki arena. The stadium is located in the immediate vicinity of the multi-purpose hall Basketball Center of Moscow Region in which the basketball team of BC Khimki discharging their home games.

history

The Khimki arena was built on the site of the Novator Stadium, built in 1965 on the Moscow-Volga Canal . It covers an area of ​​4.1 hectares . Construction work for the football stadium began in December 2005. The inauguration was celebrated on September 20, 2008 in the presence of the president of the Russian association RFS and local political celebrities. In the first league game, FK Chimki met Saturn Ramenskoje ; the hosts won the game 2-1. Even before the inauguration, FK Chimki and FK Zelenograd (3-2) met in a friendly match in the new stadium on September 7th. The venue meets the requirements of the Russian association RFS and UEFA . In the final of the Russian Football Cup 2009 on May 31st in the arena of CSKA Moscow and Rubin Kazan faced each other. The Muscovites defeated Kazan with 1-0 goals. The first international match came on August 5, 2009. Dynamo Moscow lost 2-0 to Celtic Glasgow in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League .

The facility was designed in the style of an English football stadium. This is particularly evident in the outer steel support structure of the roof. The four individual stands are equipped with light blue plastic seats. The main grandstand, however, the other three tiers, is two-story. The highest point of the stadium rises 43.5 meters above the ground. Initially, the 12,000-seat arena was planned without the opposite stand in the east; In the course of the preparations, however, it was decided to build the fourth tier. The capacity increased to a total of 18,636 spectators, of which 2,660 seats are available for guest fans. 120 places have been set up for disabled visitors and their accompanying persons. The 14 VIP boxes can accommodate a total of 350 people and the three VIP lounges can accommodate 300 guests.

The playing field in the standard size 105 × 68 meters is illuminated by 176 spotlights of the floodlight system with 2,140 lux . Two video display boards , each 65 m 2 in size, are located in the stadium corners in the north-west and south-east. A video surveillance system with 99 cameras is installed in and around the stadium . Visitors enter the arena through 14 entrances with a turnstile ; there are also four VIP entrances, two entrances with ramps for wheelchair users and one entrance for journalists. The stadium could be evacuated in seven to eight minutes in an emergency . The press stand offers 150 seats for the reporters and the press center has an area of ​​850 m 2 . The press conference room has 180 seats. There are 20 camera spaces in the stadium for television broadcasts. A changing room with 240 m 2 is available for each team .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fckhimki.ru: Data on the new Khimki Stadium ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fckhimki.ru
  2. ↑ arena-khimki.ru: Important games in the Khimki arena (Russian)
  3. ↑ arena-khimki.ru: dates and figures of the arena Khimki (Russian)