VTB Arena

Coordinates: 55°47′29″N 37°33′35″E / 55.79139°N 37.55972°E / 55.79139; 37.55972
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Not to be confused with another stadium in Moscow named VEB Arena or another ice hockey stadium in Moscow named CSKA Arena.
This article is about the current venue. For the demolished stadium at the same site, see Central Dynamo Stadium.
VTB Arena
Petrovsky Park
Parking~700 cars
OwnerBM-Bank JSC [1]
OperatorVTB Arena LLC
TypeSports and concert and entertainment complex
Capacity
  • Central Stadium
  • 33 000 (max)
[2]
Detailed capacity

  • Universal Arena
  • 14 000 (max)
[3]
Detailed capacity
Field sizeFootball field 105×70m[4]
Ice rink 60x26m[5]
Acreage206,210 sq.m
land plot is 23.1 he
Construction
BuiltMarch 2014 (2014-03) – 27 November 2018 (2018-11-27)[6]
OpenedCentral Stadium: 26 May 2019; 4 years ago (2019-05-26)
Universal Arena: 4 January 2019; 5 years ago (2019-01-04)
Construction cost₽ 26 billion (€ 350,9 million in 2018)
Central Stadium: ₽ 9 billion (€ 121,5 million in 2018)[7]
Architect
BuilderVTB Bank[10]
Project managerCJSC Dynamo Management Company
General contractorCodest International S.r.L.[11]
Main contractorsFPC Satori LLC [12][13]
Tenants
Website
vtb-arena.com/en/

The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose sports complex in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium "Lev Yashin". The ice hockey venue is known as the Universal VTB Arena.[14]

VTB Arena
Dynamo_Stadium 2008

History

The old

indoor arena has a base capacity of 12,273.[3]

At the end of 2020, a facial recognition system was installed at the stadium to keep unwanted fans out. It was also expected that biometrics will replace tickets in the future.[16]

On results of 2020 the football stadium and ice arena became the winners of the IV Sport Business Awards.[17]

Design

Central stadium “Dynamo” named after Lev Yashin
Multifunctional VTB Arena

The VTB Arena's initial concept was drawn by Dutch architect

Populous, and Gerkan, Marg and Partners. However, some of the elements from the losing bids were used in the final design.[18]

The final design was prepared by the American firm

MANICA Architecture
.

Concerts

On 27 December 2017, the first event was officially confirmed for the stadium, a concert by Imagine Dragons on 29 August 2018 as part of their Evolve World Tour.[19] In June 2018, the show was moved to Luzhniki Stadium because VTB Arena was not completed by the expected date.[citation needed] The stadium received official permit for use on 27 November 2018 and the first event booked was a figure skating adaptation of the "Swan Lake" by Evgeni Plushenko on 20 December 2018.[20]

Many events were booked for 2019 following the opening: concerts by

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
.

2024 concerts include mostly performances by local acts, including Kino, Anton Belyaev, Dima Bilan, Egor Kreed, Kipelov, Knyazz, The Hatters and Markul.[21]

Football stadium

On 27 November 2018, the arena confirmed that the first football game after reopening was to be played between FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow (see Oldest Russian derby), it was initially scheduled for 10 March 2019.[22] On 28 February 2019, however, the Russian Premier League announced that its inspectors did not find the pitch acceptable for play, and the derby was moved to a backup stadium.[23] The pitch was reinstalled from scratch. On 16 May 2019, the league approved the new pitch for use and announced that the first game at the stadium played by Dynamo would be the closing game of the 2018–19 Russian Premier League season against FC Arsenal Tula on 26 May,[24] which ended a 3–3 draw, in front of 23,340.[25]

2018 FIFA World Cup bid

The VTB Arena's new football stadium was included in the successful

Russian bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[26] In late September 2012 FIFA announced the list of host cities and venues, which excluded VTB Arena from the host list.[27]

Hockey arena

Ice hockey club HC Dynamo Moscow played their first game at the arena (named Arkady Chernyshev Arena for hockey games) on 4 January 2019 against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, winning 2–0 with attendance of 10,797.[28] On 17 February 2019, the arena hosted the VTB United League allstar game.[29]

2019 EuroLeague Final Four

The VTB Arena's new indoor arena was reported to be chosen to host the

EuroLeague Basketball did not confirm this report, and the tournament was in fact awarded to Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz
, Spain.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Counterparty of VTB ARENA LLC". www.audit-it.ru (in Russian). 2024-03-21.
  2. ^ "VTB Arena - Central Stadium Dynamo". Archived from the original on 2017-12-02.
  3. ^ a b "Configuration". VTB-arena.com (in Russian). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. ^ "strengthening of the natural lawn "firmware" SISGrass". www.sisrus.ru (in Russian). 2019.
  5. ^ "Completed Raita Sport projects in Russia and the CIS 2015-2020". www.raitasport.ru (in Russian). 2018.
  6. ^ "The reconstruction of the Dynamo stadium has been completed". www.icmos.ru (in Russian). 2018-11-27.
  7. ^ "The total cost of construction, according to the assessment of the former head of the Board of Trustees of Dynamo Moscow Sergey Stepashin". www.news.ru (in Russian). 2023-08-17.
  8. ^ "In accordance with the stadium reconstruction project, the former perimeter of the historical facades being restored was built over with a futuristic volume of complex shape, inside which the main football and small arenas were located". www.speech.su (in Russian). 2017.
  9. ^ "It's a big responsibility to design public spaces for so many people". www.abd-architects.ru (in Russian). 2017.
  10. ^ "VTB plans to invest about $1.5 billion in the reconstruction of the stadium and the construction of the Petrovsky Park project, VTB President Andrey Kostin said". www.cre.ru (in Russian). 2009-04-13.
  11. ^ "Генподрядчиком строительства "ВТБ Арена Парк" стала итальянская компания" [The Italian company became the general contractor for the construction of VTB Arena Park]. www.arendator.ru (in Russian). 2014-07-01. Archived from the original on 2024-03-22.
  12. ^ "Counterparty of VTB ARENA LLC". www.zakupki360.ru (in Russian). 2015-03-26.
  13. ^ "Vinci is eliminated from the field". www.russianrealty.ru (in Russian). 2014-05-15.
  14. ^ "О площадке".
  15. ^ a b AEG involved in massive Moscow sports complex.
  16. ^ "На стадионе "Динамо" будет система распознавания лиц. Она работает, даже если человек в маске". Sports.ru. 2021-01-27.
  17. ^ "Объявлены победители IV премии Sport Business Awards" (in Russian). SBC Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  18. ^ ВТБ ждет подходящего момента для выгодной продажи «Динамо» (in Russian).
  19. ^ Imagine Dragons – первый официально объявленный концерт на стадионе «Динамо». Championat. 27 December 2017.
  20. ^ Плющенко: на новом стадионе "Динамо" лед мирового уровня [Plushenko: New Dynamo stadium has world-class ice surface] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 5 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Афиша" [Arena Schedule] (in Russian). VTB Arena. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  22. ^ Первый матч на реконструированном стадионе ФК "Динамо" проведет в марте против "Спартака" [First game at reconstructed Dynamo Stadium will be played in March between FC Dynamo and Spartak] (in Russian). TASS. 27 November 2018.
  23. ^ Комиссия РФПЛ не приняла газон стадиона «Динамо» [Russian Premier League commission did not accept the pitch at Dynamo Stadium] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 28 February 2019.
  24. ^ Комиссия РФС и РПЛ приняла стадион «Динамо» [RFU and RPL commission accepted Dynamo stadium] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 16 May 2019.
  25. ^ Российская Премьер-Лига 2018/2019, 30-й тур, № 236 [Russian Premier League 2018/2019, Game Day 30, Match n. 236] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2019.
  26. ^ "Russia's VTB Arena to be the main venue for 2018 FIFA World Cup". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  27. ^ Russia: FIFA drops two cities ahead of 2018 World Cup.
  28. ^ "Dynamo Moscow v Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 4 January 2019.
  29. ^ "VTB United League All-Star Game 2019". allstar.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  30. ^ Moscow to host EuroLeague Final Four of 2019.

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