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| Location | 8, Yu. Gagarina Av. Saint Petersburg 196105  Russia |
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| Coordinates | 59°52′09″N 30°20′31″E / 59.86917°N 30.34194°E |
| Owner | Concession between the Government of St. Petersburg and SKA Arena LLC[1] |
| Operator | SKA Arena LLC |
| Capacity | Ice hockey: 21,542 |
| Field size | 60×26 m |
| Acreage | 189,5 thousand sq.m |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2020 |
| Built | 2020–2023 |
| Opened | 9 December 2023 |
| Construction cost | ₽ 60 billion[2] (€ 645,9 million in 2023) |
| Architect | Wolf Dieter Prix (Coop Himmelb(l)au) & Partner |
| General contractor | GC Gorka |
| Tenants | |
| SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) (2024–present) | |
| Website | |
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SKA Arena (Russian: СКА Арена) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 2023, it is the home arena of SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League. With a capacity of 21,500 for ice hockey games, it is the largest hockey arena in the world, surpassing the Bell Centre in Montreal.
The arena was originally planned to host games for the 2023 IIHF World Championship, but, in April 2022, the IIHF stripped Russia's hosting rights while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called for Russia and Belarus to be stripped of hosting rights to all international sporting events due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
- ^ "Правительство Петербурга и ООО "СКА-Арена" заключили концессионное соглашение по реконструкции и эксплуатации спортивно-концертного комплекса "Петербургский"". fontanka.ru - новости Санкт-Петербурга (in Russian). 2020-01-15.
- ^ "Директор стадиона назвал итоговую стоимость "СКА Арены"". fontanka.ru - новости Санкт-Петербурга (in Russian). 2023-11-26. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ Iveson, Ali (25 February 2022). "Strip Russia and Belarus of events and do not display their flags, says IOC". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.