CSKA Arena

CSKA Arena
	CSKA Arena in 2018.
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°ECoordinates: 55°42′05″N 37°38′42″E / 55.7014°N 37.6449°E
Public transit	Avtozavodskaya; ZIL
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)
Website
	icearenamsk.ru

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 Bank.

CSKA Arena is a part of the Park of Legends big 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 their plans to move into another Moscow Sports Palace Megasport.

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.

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^[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]

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.

External links[]

Media related to CSKA Arena at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Russian)

[1] "VTB Ice Palace gets a new name, CSKA Arena" (in Russian). cska-hockey.ru. Retrieved August 9, 2018.

[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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