CSKA Arena (), formerly known as VTB Ice Palace () and Legends Park Arena (), is an indoor multi-sport venue that is located in Moscow, Russia. Its main sponsor is

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. CSKA Arena is a part of the Park of Legends renovation project on the former

ZiL OJSC AMO ZiL, known fully as the Public Joint-Stock Company – Likhachov Plant () and more commonly called ZiL (, was a major Russian automobile, truck, military vehicle, and heavy equipment manufacturer that was based in Moscow. The last ZiL ...

auto plant site. It includes the Arena, the Russian Hockey Museum with the Russian Hockey Hall of Glory, Watersport Arena, and Apartments Complex. It is located nearby the

ZIL OJSC AMO ZiL, known fully as the Public Joint-Stock Company – Likhachov Plant () and more commonly called ZiL (, was a major Russian automobile, truck, military vehicle, and heavy equipment manufacturer that was based in Moscow. The last ZiL ...

MCC and Avtozavodskaya Metro station.

History

The Ice Palace opened on April 26, 2015. It has been the home arena for KHL's club

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...

since 2018. From 2015 it was the home stadium for the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

ice hockey team

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club. Dynamo Mosco ...

before they moved into their newly built own VTB Arena in January 2019. From 2017 to 2021, it was the home arena for Spartak Moscow before they announced plans to move into another Moscow Sports Palace Megasport. In 2015, five of six matches of Channel One Cup were played in the Arena. In 2016, the arena hosted games of the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

Venues

The facility features three different indoor arenas, the "Large Arena," the "Small Arena," and a training facility. The large arena has a seating capacity of 12,100 viewers for

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

and

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympi ...

, 13,000 for

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

and 14,000 for

wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

MMA Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

, and concerts. The small arena has a seating capacity of 3,500 viewers for ice hockey and figure skating, 4,400 for basketball and 5,000 for wrestling, boxing, MMA, and concerts. The third arena, the training arena, has a capacity of 500.

Gallery

2015 C1C - VTB Ice Palace inside panorama.jpg, Channel One Cup (Sector 202) IIHF16WC - NOR v KAZ panorama.jpg, 2016 IIHF World Championship (Sector 212) Former ZIL area Moscow asv2018-01 img5.jpg, Aerial photo of former ZiL plant, Moscow (2018) VTB Ice Palace1.jpg

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* {{IIHF World Championship venues Basketball venues in Russia Boxing venues in Russia HC Dynamo Moscow

Sports venue A sports venue is a building, structure, or place in which a sporting competition is held. A stadium (plural: stadiums or stadia) or arena is a place or venue for sports or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely ...

Indoor arenas in Russia Music venues in Russia Ice hockey venues in Russia Kontinental Hockey League venues Sports venues completed in 2015 Sports venues in Moscow 2015 establishments in Russia

History

Venues

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See also

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