Volga-Sport-Arena

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Volga-Sport-Arena
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LocationUlyanovsk, Russia
Capacity5,000
Opened2014
Tenants
Volga

Coordinates: 54°17′52″N 48°20′28″E / 54.2979°N 48.3411°E / 54.2979; 48.3411

Volga-Sport-Arena is a sports venue in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It is the home of Volga.[1] At the 2016 Bandy World Championship it hosted most of the matches.

Volga-Sport-Arena holds 5,000 seated spectators. The total area of the stadium is 23,000 m2 with an ice of 6,500 m2 or 100x60 m playing field.[2] The decision to build it was taken in 2012[1] and it opened in 2014.[3]

There is also a local bandy museum at the premises. At the time of the 2016 World Championship held here, plans were announced by Ulyanovsk Oblast Governor Sergey Morozov to make this a national museum for Russian bandy.[4]

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