Almaty Arena

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Almaty Arena
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Almaty Arena
Location Almaty, Kazakhstan
Coordinates 43°14′58″N76°49′21″E / 43.249517°N 76.822565°E / 43.249517; 76.822565
Owner City of Almaty
OperatorCity of Almaty
Capacity Ice hockey: 12,000
Field size9.96 ha (99,600 m2) [1]
Construction
Broke ground20 June 2014
Built2014–2016
Opened18 September 2016;7 years ago (2016-09-18)
Construction cost $170 million [2]
General contractorBazis A [1]

Almaty Arena (formerly Almaty Ice Palace) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Almaty, Kazakhstan which was opened on 18 September 2016 and seats 12,000 spectators for ice hockey. [3] Apart from hosting ice hockey matches, the arena is venue for boxing, figure skating, basketball, concerts, and other events. It is one of the venues to host the 2017 Winter Universiade. [4] [5] The arena is located in the north of punched Ryskulov Avenue, to the west from Momyshuly street in the Alatau District. [1]

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History

Almaty's successful bid to host the 2017 Winter Universiade, coupled with its (unsuccessful) bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, drove the need to build an ice hockey arena meeting the standards of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). On 27 March 2014, the city's mayor Akhmetzhan Yessimov announced the building of the new arena for 12,000 spectators and a minor arena for 3,000. [6] The arenas were projected to cost $170 million and $89 million respectively. [2]

Structure and facilities

The ice palace is the second largest in the CIS with the area of 9.96 ha (1,072,000 sq ft), similar with the Minsk-Arena and smaller than the Bolshoy Ice Dome. [1] The complex consists of three units: the ice arena with 12,000 seats, a training rink with a recreation complex, and a swimming pool. [1] The layout of the ice arena allows it to function as a universal platform for figure skating, ice hockey, boxing, basketball, volleyball, as well as a concert hall with an extra 5,000 seats, in the case of laying thermal insulation covering the entire area of the ice field with about 1,800 m2 (19,000 sq ft). [1]

Special attention is given to the technology of ice freezing. 120 cubic metres of water is needed for each rink pouring. The water is pre-treated from various mechanical impurities, iron, chlorine and the salts, and then falls into the softener system and maintain the desired storage temperature. [1] Ice surface is aligned with special ice machines to achieve the desired thickness - 5 cm after a complete freezing. [1]

Sport events

Music events

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