Traktor Ice Arena named after Valery Konsantinovich Belousov (), commonly shortened to Traktor Ice Arena, is an
indoor sporting arena located in
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...
,
Russia
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. It is used for various indoor events and is the home arena of
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Traktor Chelyabinsk, also known as Traktor (russian: Трактор), is a professional ice hockey team based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Eastern Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). F ...
of the
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...
(KHL) and
Belye Medvedi of
Junior Hockey League (MHL). The capacity of the arena is 7,500 spectators. It replaced
Yunost Sport Palace as the home of Traktor. The arena is named after former Traktor head coach
Valery Belousov
Valery Konsantinovich Belousov (russian: Валерий Константинович Белоусов; December 17, 1948 – April 16, 2015) was a Russian professional ice hockey coach and player.
Playing career
Belousov began playing hockey on ...
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Construction
The arena was designed by a Swedish company
Skanska
Skanska AB () is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden. Skanska is the fifth-largest construction company in the world according to ''Construction Global'' magazine. Notable Skanska projects include renovation of t ...
. Construction began in spring 2007 and was originally expected to finish by the
2008-09 season. But due to subsequent construction problems the official opening was rescheduled for January 2009.
On 15 February 2013, the arena was damaged by the blast wave from the explosion of the
Chelyabinsk meteor
The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural (region), Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 Yekaterinburg Time, YEKT (03:20 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC). It was caused ...
.
Events
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2012 European Judo Championships
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2012 KHL Junior Draft
The 2012 KHL Junior Draft was the fourth entry draft held by the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), taking place on 25–26 May 2012 in Traktor Sport Palace. Ice hockey players from around the world aged between 17 and 21 years of age were selecte ...
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2013 KHL All-Star Game
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2013
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Gagarin Cup
The Gagarin Cup (russian: Кубок Гагарина, Kubok Gagarina) is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs, and is named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The Cup was ...
Finals
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2014 World Judo Championships
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2015 World Taekwondo Championships
External links
Venue information
Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Buildings and structures in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Kontinental Hockey League venues
Judo venues
Taekwondo venues
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