Volga-Sport-Arena

Volga-Sport-Arena
Location Ulyanovsk, Russia
Capacity 5,000
Opened 2014
Tenants
Volga

Coordinates: 54°17′52″N 48°20′28″E / 54.2979°N 48.3411°E / 54.2979; 48.3411

Volga-Sport-Arena is a sports venue in Ulyanovsk. It is the home of Volga.[1] At the 2016 Bandy World Championship it hosted most of the matches.

Volga-Sport-Arena holds 5,000 seated spectators. The total area of the stadium is 23,000 m2 with an ice of 6,500 m2 or 100x60 m playing field.[2] The decision to build it was taken in 2012.

There is also a local bandy museum at the premises. At the time of the 2016 World Championship held here, plans were announced by Ulyanovsk Oblast Governor Sergey Morozov to make this a national museum for Russian bandy.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rusbandy.ru/club/10/
  2. ↑ bandy2016.ru: Volga-Sport-Arena, read 2016-01-30
  3. ↑ bandy2016.ru: "It is planned to create The Museum of National Hockey in the Ulyanovsk region", read 2016-01-30
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