new Arena in Krasnoyarsk - I think it would be a good practice to keep an eye for new arenas in the system.
3000 capacity which is kinda low for VHL and PBL, but just right for the MHL. Rumors are circling around, that there may be another arena for 10k in the plans.
Should we restrict this to new arenas only? I would love to hear about older facilities as well. For example, what's up with hockey nn Kemerovo, it is still a "bandy town"? Is Energia still playing (and where) somewhere below the VHL?
According to iihf there are 340 rinks/arenas in Russia.Up from 316 last year and 257 the year before that.Are you still building rinks at the same pace?I asume you are also building practise rinks and not only areans?
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Well, there are a lot of new projects. I might post more pics and info when I have time.
For starters the new arena of Dizel. VHL. Dizel-Arena, Penza, 5500 seats.
No team yet. Fetisov-hall, Vladivostok, 5500 seats.
Arena Mordovia underwent design changes that would increase seating to 8,000?
Not that I heard of. It's just different seating plans - hockey/ basketball. I think it'll have only 1 tier, lower bowl. There is a room for second though.
Arena owner and operator AEG Facilities has signed a 'multi-year exclusive agreement' with Russian developer ZAO Rusinkom to provide consultation for the 'Galactica Park' Moscow arena development.
AEG, which counts the O2 in London and O2 World Berlin amongst its portfolio of venues, will provide consultation services for the design, development and operations of the planned 20,000 seated capacity multi-use arena in Moscow, which will host concerts, professional hockey and other sports events, conferences and exhibitions.
The US firm will also support Galactica Park arena operations through its venue services department which will include identifying naming rights and sponsorship opportunities, development of ticketing, venue programming and marketing initiatives, sales of VIP suites, arena management and operational support.
Scheduled to open in 2018, Galactica Park will be the home to attractions which include an indoor Universal Studios theme park, an indoor Universal Studios water park, a dining, shopping and entertainment complex, two hotels with 1100 room capacity, 250 metre-tall office towers, a 120,000 square meter retail shopping complex and four levels of underground parking.
Brian Kabatznick, AEG Facilities European vice president of business development, said: “AEG has targeted Moscow as the most significant market in Europe to develop new facilities and increase entertainment events. The new Galactica Park development will ensure that Moscow is at the forefront of a unique destination similar to those in Los Angeles and London.”
Plan of Rosneft: Sports ice palace CSKA in Moscow will be demolished starting September 2012 to make room for a new ice hockey arena with 14 000 capacity.
CSKA will play in Megasport during 2012-13 season.
Old news. And rumors (Gimaev) say it will be 20k seater. But we'll see. I've just waited for more detailed info before posting this, like project renders.
