Volga-Sport-Arena

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| stadium_name = Volga-Sport-Arena

| image = УФХМР_IMG_1255.jpg

|location = Ulyanovsk, Russia

| opened = 2014

|owner=

| tenants = Volga

| seating_capacity = 5,000

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Volga-Sport-Arena is a sports venue in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It is the home of Volga.{{cite web | url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/club/10/ | title=Информация о команде "Волга" Ульяновск - Реестр - Федерация хоккея с мячом России }} At the 2016 Bandy World Championship it hosted most of the matches.

Volga-Sport-Arena holds 5,000 seated spectators. The total area of the stadium is 23,000 m2 with an ice of 6,500 m2 or 100x60 m playing field.[http://bandy2016.ru/en/arenas/volga-sport-arena bandy2016.ru: Volga-Sport-Arena], read 2016-01-30 The decision to build it was taken in 2012 [https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbandynet.ru%2Fv1%2Fnode%2F30650] and it opened in 2014.[http://ulgov.com/news/613/ Largest Russian Ice Palace Volga -Sport Arena opened in Ulyanovsk]

There is also a local bandy museum at the premises. At the time of the 2016 World Championship held here, plans were announced by Ulyanovsk Oblast Governor Sergey Morozov to make this a national museum for Russian bandy.[http://bandy2016.ru/en/news/240-it-is-planned-to-create-the-museum-of-national-hockey-in-the-ulyanovsk-region bandy2016.ru: "It is planned to create The Museum of National Hockey in the Ulyanovsk region"], read 2016-01-30

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Category:Bandy venues in Russia

Category:Sport in Ulyanovsk