Other: New Arenas in the KHL-VHL-MHL

[BalticWarrior]

Originally Posted by ult

http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/534542

According to Shalaev KHL will tighten requirements for arenas in the near future, and significantly. Some teams will have to search for new rinks or they'll be excluded. Spartak and Barys for example.

I approve of this,the barys arena is just god awful.

[vorky]

Originally Posted by ult

http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/534542

According to Shalaev KHL will tighten requirements for arenas in the near future, and significantly. Some teams will have to search for new rinks or they'll be excluded. Spartak and Barys for example.

like it, there must be influence for clubs to make better infrastruction.

[ult]

Donetsk, they're increasing capacity.

[vorky]

Donetsk, they're increasing capacity.

not at all, only for VIP and journalists. Arena wont have 7500 seats or so like allhockey.ru wrote

[ult]

Vorky, no matter how you look at it, they're adding a couple hundred seats. VIPs or not.

[vorky]

Originally Posted by ult

Vorky, no matter how you look at it, they're adding a couple hundred seats. VIPs or not.

ok, I just say it wont be 7500 or so. I talked to PR manager of Donbass, so I know details. Btw, new arena will be for 18 000 -21 000 seats, it is not decided yet. It is sure, arena wont have at least 18 000 seats

[ozo]

Sputnik Nizhny Tagil is also refurbishing their arena. http://www.vhlru.ru/materials/20615/


And don't quote me on this one, but there are rumours that DR bought Arena Riga for 40 million dollars. Have no idea how legit this one is.

[cska78]

arena Riga is new or old?

[ozo]

Originally Posted by cska78

arena Riga is new or old?

Built for WC 2006 in Riga. Make of that what you will.

[vorky]

I though Dinamo Riga wants to build own arena... I read about it somewhere

[ozo]

Originally Posted by vorky

I though Dinamo Riga wants to build own arena... I read about it somewhere

Well, if these news are true, they got their own arena.

[cska78]

Originally Posted by ozo

Built for WC 2006 in Riga. Make of that what you will.

no, my question was is the arena Riga the 2006 built or the old-old one from before.

[vorky]

Originally Posted by ozo

Well, if these news are true, they got their own arena.

yeap, it is faster to buy arena than build

[ozo]

Originally Posted by cska78

no, my question was is the arena Riga the 2006 built or the old-old one from before.

We had no such previous facility unless you mean old Sporta Pils (Sports Palace) which was built when hippies were cool and could accomodate ~4500 people?



It's a parking lot nowadays or something like that. Soviet buildings don't age well, as you probably know.

[vsk92]

I just realised how small KHL arena's are, why is that??

[Peter25]

Originally Posted by vsk92

I just realised how small KHL arena's are, why is that??

Well, they are bigger than SM-liiga arenas.

[vsk92]

Originally Posted by Peter25

Well, they are bigger than SM-liiga arenas.

True but we aren't trying to compete with the NHL I just find a bit strange that there are stadiums that only hold around 5000 people or even less in the case of Vityaz

[vorky]

Originally Posted by vsk92

I just realised how small KHL arena's are, why is that??

dont be silly. Around 11 clubs is building new arenas, all above 12 000, a few over 20 000

[vsk92]

Originally Posted by vorky

dont be silly. Around 11 clubs is building new arenas, all above 12 000, a few over 20 000

Yeah now, but I'm a bit surprised it took this long

Hopefully I'll get to go to one of SKA's games in 2013

[vorky]

Originally Posted by vsk92

Yeah now, but I'm a bit surprised it took this long

Hopefully I'll get to go to one of SKA's games in 2013

yeah but it is not so easy to build new arena, plus some khl arenas were built after 2000, so dont expect building new one soon.

[Omark]

Originally Posted by vorky

dont be silly. Around 11 clubs is building new arenas, all above 12 000, a few over 20 000

I think 20 000 is too much for any team... Russia is nowadays soccer country so there isn't enough hockey people for 20k arena.

[junaidhussain]

Must Say some of these arenas look pretty impressive! look forward to seeing the finish article

[ult]

Sochi.











Saransk.

[ult]

http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/545969
Article about new arena for 15000 seats in Nizhniy Novgorod. It will be located in center of the city in ex industrial zone. Project should be ready soon, right now they're cleaning the site and working on communications etc.

[ult]

Lada-arena.