CSKA arena

CSKA arena
The CSKA arena in Moscow
Earlier names
Legends Arena (construction phase) VTB Ice Palace (2015-2018)
Data
place	Moscow , Russia
Coordinates	55 ° 42 '5.1 "  N , 37 ° 38' 41.8"  E Coordinates: 55 ° 42 '5.1 "  N , 37 ° 38' 41.8"  E
start of building	2013
opening	April 26, 2015
surface	Concrete rink floor PVC - Flooring
capacity	12,100 places (ice hockey) 13,000 places (basketball) 14,000 places (concerts)
Societies)
HK CSKA Moscow ( KHL ) HK Spartak Moscow ( KHL )
Events
HK Dynamo Moscow Games (2015-2018) Games of HK Spartak Moscow (since 2017) HK CSKA Moscow Games (since 2018) Channel One Cup 2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2016

The CSKA arena ( Russian ЦСКА Арена , until 2018 VTB -Ice Palace , Russian ВТБ Ледовый дворец , WTB Ledowy Dvorets ), during the construction phase also called Legends Arena ( Russian Арена Легендe opened in 2015 in the Russian capital ), is a multifunctional Moscow arena .

history

The building complex with a total of three ice rinks is part of the Park of Legends , a comprehensive new building project on the site of the former ZiL automobile plant . Further buildings are being planned that will include a water sports arena, an ice hockey museum including the Russian ice hockey hall of fame, a hotel and apartments. The name sponsor of the arena was the credit institute VTB until 2018 . The building has been called the CSKA Arena since August 2018 .

The arena consists of three ice rinks with different capacities: the large hall accommodates up to 14,000 spectators for concerts, the small one is designed for 3,500 visitors and the training ice hall for up to 200 spectators.

The Ice Palace was used by the HK Dynamo Moscow ice hockey team from the 2015/16 to 2018 season . In the 2018/19 season, HK Dynamo will initially use the Megasport Arena before it will play its home games in the newly built VTB Arena from January 2019 . The city rivals of HK Dynamo, HK ZSKA and HK Spartak use the ice arena for their home games.

In May 2016, the Ice Palace was also one of the two venues for the men's ice hockey world championship .

The Ice Palace can be reached by metro via the Avtosavodskaja ( Russian : Автозаводская) stop .

panorama

and display information about the image

Interior view during the 2015 Channel One Cup

Web links

Commons : ZSKA-Arena  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ VTB Ice Palace - Scoreboards, Video Cubes, Biometric Face Recognition, Sports & Statistics. In: colosseoeas.com. January 29, 2016, accessed March 7, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Ледовый дворец в "Парке Легенд" будет называться "ЦСКА Арена". In: sport-express.ru. August 9, 2018, accessed November 1, 2018 .