Traktor Ice Arena

Traktor Ice Arena
Full name	Traktor Ice Arena named after Valery Konsantinovich Belousov
Location	Chelyabinsk, Russia,
Coordinates	55°10′30″N 61°17′14″E / 55.174918°N 61.287283°ECoordinates: 55°10′30″N 61°17′14″E / 55.174918°N 61.287283°E
Owner	Chelyabinsk Oblast
Capacity	7,517
Field size	60×30 m
Construction
Broke ground	2007
Built	2009
Opened	17 January 2009
Construction cost	981,000,000 roubles/ 41,340,075 USD (in 2008)
Project manager	Skanska
General contractor	Baltic Building Company
Tenants
	Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL) (2009–present); Belye Medvedi (MHL) (2009–present)

Traktor Ice Arena named after Valery Konsantinovich Belousov (Russian: Ледо́вая аре́на «Тра́ктор» имени Валерия Константиновича Белоусова, romanized: Ledóvaya aréna «Tráktor» imeni Valeriya Konstantinovicha Belousova), commonly shortened to Traktor Ice Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Chelyabinsk, Russia. It is used for various indoor events and is the home arena of Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and Belye Medvedi of Junior Hockey League (MHL). The capacity of the arena is 7,500 spectators. It replaced Yunost Sport Palace as the home of Traktor.

The arena is officially named after former Traktor head coach Valery Belousov.

Construction[]

The arena was designed by a Swedish company Skanska that previously worked on Atlant's Mytishchi Arena. Construction began in spring 2007 and was originally expected to finish by the 2008-09 season. But due to subsequent construction problems the official opening was rescheduled for January 2009. The first hockey game on the new stadium was played against Metallurg Magnitogorsk, it was won by Traktor 3–2.

On 15 February 2013, the arena was damaged by the blast wave from the explosion of the Chelyabinsk meteor.

Events[]

External links[]

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Venue information

Preceded by Yunost Sport Palace	Home of the Traktor Chelyabinsk 2009–present	Succeeded by Current

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