VTB Arena
{{Short description|Sports complex in Moscow}}
{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with another stadium in Moscow named VEB Arena or another ice hockey stadium in Moscow named CSKA Arena.}}
{{about|the current venue|the demolished stadium at the same site|Central Dynamo Stadium}}
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| logo_image = VTB Arena Logo.png
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| address = 36 Leningradsky avenue
| city = Moscow
| country = Russia
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| coordinates = {{Coord|55|47|29|N|37|33|35|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = Central Stadium: {{cvt|55|m|ft}} {{hlist|(Floor count|6)}}
Universal Arena: {{cvt|35|m|ft}} {{hlist|(Floor count|6)}}
| publictransit = {{MOSMETRO-bull|2|}} Dinamo
{{MOSMETRO-bull|11|}} Petrovsky Park
| parking = ~700 cars
| owner = BM-Bank JSC
| operator = VTB Arena LLC
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| type = Sports and concert and entertainment complex
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| capacity = {{hlist|Central Stadium|33 000 (max)|}}{{cite web |url=http://en.vtb-arena.com/about/objects/sport-complex |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202075310/http://en.vtb-arena.com/about/objects/sport-complex |archive-date=2017-12-02 |title=VTB Arena - Central Stadium Dynamo}}
{{Collapsible list|expand=|framestyle=|titlestyle=|title=Detailed capacity|liststyle=|hlist=|bullets=
|Football: 25 716
|Concert : 33 000
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{{hlist|Universal Arena|14 000 (max)|}}{{cite web |title=Configuration |url=https://vtb-arena.com/eng/organizers/configuration-arena/ |website=VTB-arena.com |access-date=25 March 2020 |language=ru-RU}}{{Collapsible list|expand=|framestyle=|titlestyle=|title=Detailed capacity|liststyle=|hlist=|bullets=
|Ice Hockey: 10 721
|Basketball 1: 12 273
|Basketball 2: 9 800
|Concert : 14 000
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| dimensions = Football field 105×70m{{Cite web|url=https://sisrus.ru/?ysclid=lu1cn5kskj701095661#our_objects |title=strengthening of the natural lawn "firmware" SISGrass |language=ru|website= www.sisrus.ru|date=2019}}
Ice rink 60x26m{{Cite web|url=https://raitasport.ru/postavki/postavki-raita-group-v-rossii-i-sng.html |title=Completed Raita Sport projects in Russia and the CIS 2015-2020 |language=ru|website= www.raitasport.ru|date=2018}}
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| acreage = 206,210 sq.m
land plot is 23.1 he
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| opened = Central Stadium: {{Start date and age|2019|05|26|df=y}}
Universal Arena: {{Start date and age|2019|01|04|df=y}}
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| built = {{Start date |2014|03||df=y}} {{ndash}} {{Start date |2018|11|27|df=y}}{{Cite web|url=https://icmos.ru/news/v-moskve-zavershilas-rekonstruktsiya-legendarnogo-stadiona-dinamo?ysclid=lty8e929uz524669075|title=The reconstruction of the Dynamo stadium has been completed|language=ru|website= www.icmos.ru|date=2018-11-27}}
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| cost = ₽ 26 billion (€ 350,9 million in 2018)
Central Stadium: ₽ 9 billion (€ 121,5 million in 2018){{Cite web|url=https://news.ru/moskva/dinamo-postroili-95-let-nazad-kak-izmenilsya-stadion-pochti-za-vek/?ysclid=lty8afvuzt72395875 |title=The total cost of construction, according to the assessment of the former head of the Board of Trustees of Dynamo Moscow Sergey Stepashin|language=ru|website= www.news.ru|date=2023-08-17}}
| architect = {{Plainlist|
- Erick van Egeraat
- Mikhail M. Posokhin of Mosproject-2
- David Manica of MANICA Architecture
- SPEECH{{cite web |url=https://www.speech.su/ru/projects/sportivnyj-i-kontsertno-razvlekatelnyj-kompleks|title=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. |language=ru|website= www.speech.su|date=2017}}
- ABD architects{{cite web |url=https://www.abd-architects.ru/projects/vtb-arena/|title=It's a big responsibility to design public spaces for so many people. |language=ru|website= www.abd-architects.ru|date=2017}}}}
| builder = VTB Bank{{Cite web|url=https://cre.ru/news/10454?ysclid=lu14fjvbmk477482279|title= 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.|language=ru|website= www.cre.ru|date=2009-04-13}}
| project_manager = CJSC Dynamo Management Company
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| main_contractors = FPC Satori LLC {{Cite web|url=https://zakupki360.ru/tender/16015253?ysclid=lu17gcb7co541861911|title= Counterparty of VTB ARENA LLC|language=ru|website= www.zakupki360.ru|date=2015-03-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.russianrealty.ru/analytic/articles/media/657348/?ysclid=lu0awh4rsw257613181|title= Vinci is eliminated from the field|language=ru|website= www.russianrealty.ru|date=2014-05-15}}
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- FC Dynamo Moscow (2019 {{ndash}} present)
- HC Dynamo Moscow (2019 {{ndash}} present)
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| website = {{URL|vtb-arena.com/en/}}
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://vtb-arena.com/about/|title = О площадке}}
History
The old Central Dynamo Stadium was closed for demolition in 2008, and the new VTB Arena was built in its place. The final design of the new stadium was done by David Manica of MANICA Architecture,[http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2011/03/28/Facilities/AEG-Russia.aspx AEG involved in massive Moscow sports complex.] and the construction was originally scheduled to be finished in 2016 and then 2017, but continued into 2018. The project is called VTB Arena, even though VTB Bank attempted to sell the naming rights. The football stadium has the capacity of 27,000, that can be adjusted up to 45,000, or down to an undisclosed number, while the indoor arena has a base capacity of 12,273.
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sports.ru/football/1093355186-na-stadione-dinamo-budet-sistema-raspoznavaniya-licz-ona-rabotaet-dazh.html|title=На стадионе "Динамо" будет система распознавания лиц. Она работает, даже если человек в маске|date=2021-01-27|newspaper=Sports.ru}}
On results of 2020 the football stadium and ice arena became the winners of the IV Sport Business Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.s-bc.ru/news/winners-iv-sport-business-awards.html|title=Объявлены победители IV премии Sport Business Awards|language=ru|accessdate=2021-02-26|publisher=SBC Magazine}}
=Design=
File:Футбол Стадион Динамо.jpg]]
The VTB Arena's initial concept was drawn by Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat, who does designs mainly for buildings in Russia and Germany. His vision of comprising both a football stadium and an ice hockey arena inside the bowl of the former Dynamo Stadion won the authorities' approval. Other architects who submitted their projects for tender, but lost out on the final bid, included Perkins Eastman, Populous, and Gerkan, Marg and Partners. However, some of the elements from the losing bids were used in the final design.[http://www.rbcdaily.ru/2010/06/29/industry/490263 ВТБ ждет подходящего момента для выгодной продажи «Динамо» {{in lang|ru}}.]
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.{{cite web|publisher=Championat|url=https://www.championat.com/business/news-2989925-imagine-dragons--pervyj-oficialno-objavlennyj-koncert-na-stadione-dinamo.html|script-title=ru:Imagine Dragons – первый официально объявленный концерт на стадионе «Динамо»|date=27 December 2017}} In June 2018, the show was moved to Luzhniki Stadium because VTB Arena was not completed by the expected date.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} 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.{{cite web|publisher=RIA Novosti|url=https://rsport.ria.ru/20181205/1146967372.html|script-title=ru:Плющенко: на новом стадионе "Динамо" лед мирового уровня|trans-title=Plushenko: New Dynamo stadium has world-class ice surface|date=5 December 2018|language=ru}}
Many events were booked for 2019 following the opening: concerts by Twenty One Pilots, Dima Bilan, Manowar, Hollywood Undead, Splean and Disturbed as well as the Walking with Dinosaurs show at the indoor arena and concerts by KISS (End of the Road World Tour), Rammstein (Europe Stadium Tour 2019, later moved to the higher-capacity Luzhniki Stadium after tickets were quickly sold out) and Max Korzh at the outdoor stadium. Other 2019 concerts booked at the arena were The Chemical Brothers, Christina Aguilera (The X Tour), Bi-2, Scorpions (Crazy World Tour), Mumiy Troll, Zveri, LOBODA and Sergey Lazarev at the indoor arena and Jennifer Lopez (It's My Party Tour) at the outdoor stadium. The concerts booked for 2020 included Chaif, The World of Hans Zimmer symphonic show, Diana Arbenina and Novoye Radio awards show feat. Basta, Ruki Vverh! and Little Big (all indoors). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, 2020 bookings were limited. The concerts booked for 2021 included shows by Aerosmith, Bi-2, and Twenty One Pilots at the outdoor stadium and Powerwolf, LSP, Kasta, Kino, Aria, Artik & Asti, Enrique Iglesias, Korn, Diana Arbenina, and Pavel Volya at the indoor arena. Due to continuing waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, several 2021 shows were cancelled or rescheduled for 2022. Concerts booked for 2022 included rescheduled shows by Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Enrique Iglesias, Powerwolf and Korn. Most of the 2022 shows were cancelled following the 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.{{cite web|publisher=VTB Arena|url=https://vtb-arena.com/afisha/|title=Афиша|trans-title=Arena Schedule|access-date=11 August 2021|language=ru}}
=Football stadium=
On 27 November 2018, the arena confirmed that the first football game after reopening was to be played between Dynamo Moscow and Spartak Moscow (see Oldest Russian derby), initially scheduled for 10 March 2019.{{cite web|publisher=TASS|url=https://tass.ru/sport/5838857|script-title=ru:Первый матч на реконструированном стадионе ФК "Динамо" проведет в марте против "Спартака"|trans-title=First game at reconstructed Dynamo Stadium will be played in March between FC Dynamo and Spartak|date=27 November 2018|language=ru}} However, on 28 February 2019, 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.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_23189.html|script-title=ru:Комиссия РФПЛ не приняла газон стадиона «Динамо»|trans-title=Russian Premier League commission did not accept the pitch at Dynamo Stadium|date=28 February 2019|language=ru}} As a result, 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 Arsenal Tula on 26 May,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_23469.html|script-title=ru:Комиссия РФС и РПЛ приняла стадион «Динамо»|trans-title=RFU and RPL commission accepted Dynamo stadium|date=16 May 2019|language=ru}} which ended a 3–3 draw, in front of 23,340.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/match/match_12810.html|script-title=ru:Российская Премьер-Лига 2018/2019, 30-й тур, № 236|trans-title=Russian Premier League 2018/2019, Game Day 30, Match n. 236|date=25 May 2019|language=ru}}
=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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/news/russias_vtb_arena_to_be_the_main_venue_for_2018_fifa_world_cup_101206/ |title=Russia's VTB Arena to be the main venue for 2018 FIFA World Cup. |access-date=2011-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707133157/http://www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/news/russias_vtb_arena_to_be_the_main_venue_for_2018_fifa_world_cup_101206/ |archive-date=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead }} In late September 2012 FIFA announced the list of host cities and venues, which excluded VTB Arena from the host list.[http://stadiumdb.com/news/2012/09/russia_fifa_drops_two_cities_ahead_of_2018_world_cup Russia: FIFA drops two cities ahead of 2018 World Cup.]
=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.{{cite web|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|url=https://www.khl.ru/game/671/71459/resume/|title=Dynamo Moscow v Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg|date=4 January 2019|language=ru}} On 17 February 2019, the arena hosted the VTB United League allstar game.{{Cite web|url=https://allstar.vtb-league.com/en|title=VTB United League All-Star Game 2019|website=allstar.vtb-league.com|access-date=2019-01-29}}
=2019 EuroLeague Final Four=
The VTB Arena's new indoor arena was reported to be chosen to host the basketball EuroLeague's final competition stage, the EuroLeague Final Four, in 2019.[http://www.eurohoops.net/featured/389298/moscow-host-euroleague-final-four-2019 Moscow to host EuroLeague Final Four of 2019.] However, EuroLeague Basketball did not confirm this report, and the tournament was in fact awarded to Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
See also
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External links
{{Commons category|VTB Arena}}
- [http://vtbrussia.ru/sport/soccer/dinamo/project/ Official site] {{in lang|ru}}
- [http://vtb-arena.com/stadium Official site #2]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110710195519/http://www.erickvanegeraat.com/rdata/docs/de1034%20VTB%20arena%20park%20_EN%20high%20res_new%2001634142744693378485.pdf The new stadium by designer Eric van Egeraat]
- [https://archive.today/20110319203944/http://www.stadiumbusinesssummit.com/exclusive-preview-sports-culture-and-entertainment-unite-in-moscow%E2%80%99s-stunning-vtb-arena-park-development/ Project after adjustment by MANICA Architecture]
- [http://stadiumdb.com/constructions/rus/vtb_arena Construction progress at StadiumDB.com]
- [http://stadiumdb.com/designs/rus/vtb_arena VTB Arena renderings at StadiumDB.com]
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