Minsk-Arena
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Minsk-Arena is a multi-use indoor arena in Minsk
, Belarus
.
The Minsk-Arena Complex is unique in its complexity and functionality not only in Belarus but also in Europe. It includes a multi-sports and entertainment arena for 15,000 spectators (making it the largest arena in use by a Kontinental Hockey League
team), a skating stadium
for up to 3,000 spectators and a velodrome
at 2,000 spectators.
One of the primarily uses of the facility is ice hockey
, as the building is the home rink of HC Dinamo Minsk
of the Kontinental Hockey League
. The arena's official opening was held on 30 January 2010 when the 2nd Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
was held there. The first match in the facility, however, had already been played by Dinamo Minsk on January 14, 2010 against Metallurg Magnitogorsk
. Two more KHL regular season games were scheduled in January before the official opening: against Avtomobilist
on January 16 and against Traktor on January 18.
Maybe the Bandy World Championships
2012 will be held here. It is listed as one of two main venues for the 2014 IIHF World Championship. It was also the venue for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
, which took place on 20 November 2010.
Minsk-Arena also arranged concerts and other mass performances.
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
.
The Minsk-Arena Complex is unique in its complexity and functionality not only in Belarus but also in Europe. It includes a multi-sports and entertainment arena for 15,000 spectators (making it the largest arena in use by a Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
team), a skating stadium
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
for up to 3,000 spectators and a velodrome
Velodrome
A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights...
at 2,000 spectators.
One of the primarily uses of the facility is ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, as the building is the home rink of HC Dinamo Minsk
HC Dinamo Minsk
Dinamo Minsk is an ice hockey team based in Minsk, Belarus. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.Dinamo has qualified for the KHL playoffs only once, during the 2010-11 KHL season....
of the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
. The arena's official opening was held on 30 January 2010 when the 2nd Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
2nd Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
The 2nd Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game was the All-Star game for the 2009–10 Kontinental Hockey League season. It took place on 30 January 2010, at the new Minsk-Arena in Minsk, Belarus. As in the previous year, Team Jágr won against Team Yashin, this time with a score of...
was held there. The first match in the facility, however, had already been played by Dinamo Minsk on January 14, 2010 against Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Metallurg Magnitogorsk is a professional ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League...
. Two more KHL regular season games were scheduled in January before the official opening: against Avtomobilist
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Avtomobilist is a professional ice hockey team based in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. They replaced Khimik Voskresensk in the Kontinental Hockey League in 2009.-External links:...
on January 16 and against Traktor on January 18.
Maybe the Bandy World Championships
Bandy World Championships
The Bandy World Championships are a competition between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy....
2012 will be held here. It is listed as one of two main venues for the 2014 IIHF World Championship. It was also the venue for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Minsk, Belarus. It was held on 20 November 2010.The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan of Armenia with the song Mama...
, which took place on 20 November 2010.
Minsk-Arena also arranged concerts and other mass performances.