Traktor Ice Arena
Traktor Ice Arena named after Valery Konsantinovich Belousov (Russian: Ледо́вая аре́на «Тра́ктор» имени Валерия Константиновича Белоусова, romanized: Ledóvaya aréna «Tráktor» imeni Valeriya Konstantinovicha Belousova), commonly shortened to Traktor Ice Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Chelyabinsk, Russia. It is used for various indoor events and is the home arena of Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (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.
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| Full name | Traktor Ice Arena named after Valery Konsantinovich Belousov |
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| Location | Chelyabinsk, Russia, |
| Coordinates | 55.174918°N 61.287283°E |
| Owner | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| Capacity | 7,517 |
| Field size | 60×30 m |
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| Broke ground | 2007 |
| Built | 2009 |
| Opened | 17 January 2009 |
| Construction cost | 981,000,000 roubles/ 41,340,075 USD (in 2008) |
| Project manager | Skanska |
| General contractor | Baltic Building Company |
| Tenants | |
| Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL) (2009–present) Belye Medvedi (MHL) (2009–present) | |
The arena is officially named after former Traktor head coach Valery Belousov.
Construction
The arena was designed by a Swedish company Skanska that previously worked on Atlant's Mytishchi Arena. 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. The first hockey game on the new stadium was played against Metallurg Magnitogorsk, it was won by Traktor 3–2.
On 15 February 2013, the arena was damaged by the blast wave from the explosion of the Chelyabinsk meteor.
