The Balashikha Arena is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose

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Balashikha Balashikha ( rus, Балашиха, p=bəlɐˈʂɨxə) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pekhorka River east of the Moscow Ring Road. Population: Etymology In Finno-Ugric languages, ''Bala-shika'' means ''land of celebrations, ...

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. Opened in 2007, it replaced

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as the home of HC MVD, a

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team. The 2017 national

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cup took place in the arena.

Schools and divisions

On the territory of the Arena "Balashikha" there is a children's and youth sports school "Olympian" (ice hockey and figure skating sections). 1,000 children and adolescents attend the school. There are 18 groups of figure skating, and 13 hockey teams. At the complex territory, the branch of the Todes dance school-studio is opened.

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Photos of new arena
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