New Arenas in the KHL-VHL-MHL Part II
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I wouldn't complain about SKA-Arena. There is no WC, and the team wouldn't want to change their venue for a few rounds of playoffs, so the only deadline they have is the start of the new season. And they will have no issues with completing it before that.
The current arena is owned by Inter RAO, and its CEO Boris Kovalchuk is on the Supervisory Board of HC CSKA. Inter RAO is leasing the current CSKA Arena, formerly known as VTB Ice Palace and Legends Park, to HC CSKA. The new arena is owned by Rosneft, who own HC CSKA.
As for how necessary this is, it is another thing entirely. But it's not like they already own an arena and just decided to build another one for no reason.
As for how necessary this is, it is another thing entirely. But it's not like they already own an arena and just decided to build another one for no reason.
alko
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"...according to the plan..." We heard this many many times last years and we know the reality.
vorky
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I do not know what is your point.
Name me proposed KHL venues which have not been completed (or now being under construction). I can name the following list
-Minsk Arena, done
-Sochi Arena, done
-Park Legends, done
-Torpedo, U/C, 2025
-SKA, U/C, 2023
-VTB Dynamo, done
-New CSKA, U/C
-Avto, U/C, 2025
-Omsk, done
-Admiral, done
-Barys Arena, done
-Sibir, completed, soon to be open
No, because the arena is in Moscow, and it already has a plethora of teams who struggle to get people's attention despite their rich history and a well known brand. So a new team would be dead in a water.
Anyway, I wouldn't worry about the arena that much. CSKA is gonna play there for a few more years, by then it's gonna be at least 10 years old. It wasn't that expensive to begin with, and the investors got their money back by getting the land for an arena and using half of it for residential buildings. Spartak could move back there again for a few years. It's fine.
According to CSKA President the new arena, which will begin construction in the summer, will hold 14,000 seats.
www.sport-express.ru
К строительству новой арены хоккейного ЦСКА приступят летом
Президент ЦСКА Игорь Есмантович заявил, что строительство новой ледовой арены московского клуба начнется летом.
www.sport-express.ru
SoundAndFury
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Russia in a nutshell. I mean it's not even vanity projects anymore, just money dumps.
Yeah, Moscow has the Legends(CSKA) Arena and Megasport Arena, not sure why they need a new one only 2k more
Caser
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Something something don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
But, long story short there is this design firm called Project institute ARENA, who did a lot of work on WC 2018 arenas and some arenas before that (Megasport), and they designed Humo Arena in Tashkent for 12500 seats, which is more than enough for Uzbekistan. As it was their most recent work, it became some sort of go to project, which they used multiple times, including the new arena in Nizhny Novgorod. While it's somewhat repetitive, there is no doubt that they saved a lot of time and money by going this route. They modified it to make the exterior cheaper, and then it was changed again by Crocus ( to address the complaints they got from Novosibirsk) who are building it right now.
