Since the middle of the last century, the game of hockey has been transformed from an overseas curiosity not only into the favorite game of the inhabitants of the Soviet Union, and then Russia, but also into a sport in which our athletes have achieved outstanding success. In this regard, CSKA Ice Palace has seen a lot in its lifetime, since it was on this ice arena that the country's most famous hockey team forged its successes and it was he who was named after the great hockey player and then coach Vsevolod Bobrov.
History of the Ice Palace CSKA
CSKA Ice Palace was built in the post-Soviet era and was opened in 1991. The goal pursued by the creators of this sports facility was twofold. On the one hand, you need a home arena for CSKA hockey club, and on the other hand, skaters also needed a venue for the competition. Based on this, an ice arena project was prepared and built, which could not only host national competitions, but also be an international arena. Originally, the Ice Palace of CSKA was designed for 5600 seats. At the same time, it has a press center with fifty seats.
In 2006, a training field was added, and two years later the sound equipment was replaced, which made it possible to arrange various media shows. And in 2014, overhaul of refrigeration equipment is carried out.
How to get to the sports complex?
Muscovites know well where the Ice Palace of CSKA is located. The address of this building is more necessary for guests of the capital who would like to attend a hockey match or figure skating competition. This is Leningradsky Prospekt, 39. If you look at the map, it is easy to notice that the palace is located between the Moscow Ring Road and the Third Transport Ring in the north-west of the center of the capital.
The easiest way to get to the Ice Palace of CSKA by metro. The nearest metro station is called "Airport", from it to the palace a little more than six hundred meters. And this journey with an ordinary pedestrian will take less than ten minutes. Also in the immediate vicinity of the palace is another six metro stations. So any visitor to this sports facility can choose which station is easier for him to get to. And if the metro road doesn’t suit him, then he can easily get a taxi, and the capital’s taxi drivers will bring you to the Ice Palace of CSKA along the shortest route.
The modern life of a sports facility
The modern life of the ice palace is quite saturated. Therefore, if you have never been to a competition in it, then definitely this must be done. Many found a way out, as the easiest way to visit the Ice Palace of CSKA. Hockey tickets can be bought directly at the palace itself or ordered online online.
But not only sports events are occupied by the ice palace. In this building, the training process of the hockey club CSKA is constantly underway, when the team is not on the road. In addition, athletes of youth schools of the Olympic reserve, both in hockey and figure skating, are engaged in both fields of the ice palace. So the ice in the palace is painted not only for every day, but also for every hour.