Located near Moscow in Podolsk, the Vityaz Ice Palace has become an arena for hockey battles.
The Ice Palace is a real decoration of the Dubka Forest Park: the picturesque park has always been a favorite place for walks and rest of citizens, and with the advent of the ice palace it has also become the center of sports life.
It hosts training and performances of the Vityaz KHL club and the Russian Knights MHL club.
History of creation
The Podolsky Ice Palace Vityaz was opened in March 2000. In the same year, it was recognized as the best sports facility in Russia. The palace hosts not only training on ice: the palace is a multifunctional cultural and sports facility.
The Ice Palace in Podolsk is jointly owned by the municipality and foreign shareholders.
The project engineers - Yu. Stepnov and G. Kalashnikov - built a modern and structurally complex structure, which consists of an ice rink and two indoor tennis courts. Arches connected to the columns provide strength and give visual lightness to the structure.
The main entrance is decorated with a monument to the knight, which was created by the sculptor V. Klykov.
Ice Palace Infrastructure
The cultural and sports complex of the Vityaz Ice Palace has a total area of almost 16,000 sq.m. The infrastructure of the complex meets the regulatory requirements of the KHL.
Main building
In the main building is the main ice arena and 2 indoor tennis courts. The hockey box has a standard size of 60x30 m, the stands accommodate 5500 spectators, 100 of which are VIP seats. The hall is divided into 14 sectors, each with its own exits and toilets.
For the convenience of the audience, an information video cube is installed in the main building, to which video and text information is broadcast. The teams change clothes in 6 locker rooms, a small gym is arranged for them, where there is a pool, a sauna. Athletes can repair and sharpen skates in workshops, have a bite to eat in a cafe with 50 seats.
There is a separate room for judges.
In the main building there was a place for a equipped conference room with 120 seats, where journalists gather, and for a restaurant with 330 seats overlooking the arena.
Training Center
The training center is located 15 meters from the main building. Here is a training ice platform 60x30 m and a platform for spectators at 500 seats.
The center has 4 locker rooms, a gym and sports halls, administrative and technical rooms, a photo and video studio, as well as a bowling alley and a cafe. The training part covers an area of 5.4 thousand square meters. m
Nearby is the technical building where the autonomous gas boiler room is located.
Ice arenas
Ice coverage at the sites is provided by Zamboni equipment.
Hockey boxes comply with international safety requirements and are platforms with sides made of durable shockproof plastic and safety glasses. Video cameras around the gates and above the field broadcast the picture to the video cube and referee computers.
Both hulls and ice arenas are equipped with video surveillance systems, an air conditioning system and a modern automated fire extinguishing system.
In the training and main buildings near the ice arenas there are medical posts. For the disabled there are special wide walkways and separate places.
Sections in the ice palace
In Podolsk, the ice palace is the center of sports life in the Moscow Region city. There are several sections in the palace, where both children and adults come.
- Hockey.
- Football school "Junior".
- Theater of Ice Miniatures.
- Figure skating. Classes are taught by the famous skater Irina Slutskaya, about 150 people are engaged in groups. In addition to primary and recreational skating, classes in the section allow you to count on getting a sports category and enrolling in an Olympic reserve school.
Everyone goes on the ice!
Everyone can enter the Vityaz ice arenas: at certain hours everyone is given the opportunity to ride. Pleasant music, bewitching light, friendly atmosphere of the holiday, attentive instructors - all this made mass skating a favorite pastime for citizens.
The ice arena accommodates more than 200 people.
Regularly arrange night mass skating on the Vityaz ice and a family hour for parents with small (up to 10 years old) children.
In the palace, the municipal program “Good Hour” operates, within the framework of which privileged categories of citizens visit the rink for free.
Sport competitions
Of course, the ice palace is a place of fights. Players of the Super League and the Higher League of Russia took to the ice of Podolsky “Vityaz”, the World Youth Hockey Championship and the final games of the Golden Puck were held here. This field organizes competitions of international level for junior and youth teams, as well as qualification tournaments of national hockey teams.
Championships in hand-to-hand combat, boxing, handball, and wrestling are held in the ice palace.
Cultural and entertainment activities
The Vityaz Ice Palace is equipped with modern equipment for concerts and various events.
Great sound, light and excellent audibility from anywhere in the hall made this site a favorite venue for Russian pop stars. During concerts, the ice arena turns into a stage - thermal insulation boards are installed on the field. In addition, part of the ice field is allocated to the ground, where thermal protection is also laid, more than a thousand people are placed in the ground.
It will help to find out who is performing and what is happening in the ice palace of Podolsk, a poster. No events are foreseen in the near future, but on the palace’s website and at the ticket offices located in the building, you can receive regular information about future plans.
State events are also held in the Ice Palace, starting with the celebration of Podolsk City Day.
A tent of a circus tent is regularly installed in the square in front of the palace. The circus in the Podolsk Ice Palace presents a variety of programs, which include performances by trainers, acrobats, jugglers and other artists. In winter, the circus is heated.
How to get there
Fans like the good location of the Podolsk Ice Palace. Address - st. Kirova, 63a, is the intersection of the main streets of the city. Residents of Podolsk can get to the competition on foot from any neighborhood.
From the metro stations "Novoyasenevskaya", "Dmitry Donskoy Boulevard" and "South" are buses.
Kutuzovskaya Railway Station is 2.5 km away, where trains from the Kursk Station make a stop.
For those who arrived in their own cars, next to the palace there is a parking lot for 400 cars, which becomes paid during the days of the competition.