Owner PFC CSKA Moscow Capacity 30,000 | Operator PFC CSKA Moscow Surface grass | |
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Location Khodynka Field, Moscow, Russia Record attendance 26,420 (CSKA Moscow–Terek Grozny, 10 September 2016) | ||
Arena CSKA is a multi-use stadium in Khodynka Field, Moscow, Russia, that was completed in 2016. It is used mostly for football matches and host the home matches of PFC CSKA Moscow.
History
The construction process was started in 2007 has been halted several times, with the longest pause lasting 16 months (between 2009 and 2011).
The stadium was designed with a capacity of 30,000 people. Integral part of it is a skyscraper aimed to resemble the UEFA Cup, first European trophy won by a Russian club with CSKA beating Sporting CP in 2005. The skyscraper is to stand in one of the corners, but the remaining three will also have office spaces and skyboxes instead of regular stands. There are 1,400 car park spaces planned.
A friendly versus Chelsea was scheduled for 7 August 2016 to officially unveil CSKA Moscow's new stadium but was not played.
On 10 September 2016, Arena CSKA stadium was opened.
On 28 February 2017, CSKA Moscow, announced that they had sold the naming rights to the stadium to VEB, with the stadium becoming the VEB Arena.