The Humo Arena, also known as Ice Dome Tashkent or Humo Ice Dome, () is a multifunctional

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located in

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

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. Humo Arena is the biggest hockey arena in

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with a capacity of 12,500 and the second after the Belarusian

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in the CIS. The hall will be able to change the placement of seats depending on the sporting event being held. The main arena also provides for matches in basketball, volleyball, handball, futsal, boxing, taekwondo, short track, figure skating and curling competitions, as well as concerts.

History

The construction of the first indoor professional Ice Palace in Tashkent started in February 2017. According to project documentation the arena has 12,500 capacity. According to the designers, the project is described as resembling the shape of the

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bird, a symbol of happiness and freedom. Current members of Toldy Construct team also contributed to this project. They helped to realize specialised construction and design elements of the facade and roof. The sidewalks of the whole complex will be designed to form the wings of Humo. The arena is planned to be commissioned in March 2019. The opening ceremony of ice dome took place on 15 March 2019.

Structure and facilities

Ice Dome with area of 74 thousand square meters will have 2 complexes: training and the main arena. The rink of main arena will be 30x60 meters and planned to be used for ice-hockey matches. Indoor arena can be used for other sports such basketball, volleyball, handball, futsal etc. In concert configuration palace will hold 10,000 spectators. The Humo multifunctional complex also includes sporting museum, gyms, catering service facilities, fitness centre and 4 level

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. The corridors of the complex are decorated with panels of the artist Bobur Ismailov. GAZ-13 and GAZ-14 "Chaika" cars are installed in the "Humo Arena" hall. File:Чайка Humo Arena.jpg File:Указатели в Humo Arena.jpg File:Указатели в Humo Arena (2).jpg File:Вестибюль Humo Arena.jpg File:Панно Humo Arena (2).jpg File:Панно в Humo Арена.jpg

Future uses

In March 2019, after the opening of Humo Arena, Binokor Tashkent would host home games of Uzbekistan Hockey League.

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was interested in having several games held there in 2019/20 season for attracting viewers and potential expansion in Uzbekistan. Binokor Tashkent reportedly had a pathway of entering KHL via competing in second tier league VHL by 2020 at the earliest. It is planned that after the opening of the Humo Arena, it will host home matches for Binokor in the VHL and KHL. On 31 May 2019 it was announced that

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would be joining the VHL for the 2019-20 season and not Binokor Tashkent as originally assumed. Humo will play their home games out of the Humo Ice Dome. The venue will host 27 matches of the

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, including the opening and final matches.

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History

Structure and facilities

Future uses

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