In July 2007, duringthe scheduled session of the IOC, the whole world was declared the capital of the next Olympic Games in the winter of 2014 - the Russian city of Sochi. During the preparation for the Olympics, modern infrastructure facilities, ice rinks, arenas, speed skating and biathlon centers, and even a separate town Rosa Khutor, stylized as a small European city, were built. One of these unique buildings was the Sochi Ice Palace “Bolshoi”. Its full description is presented in our article.
Ice Palace "Big" is aice hockey stadium, where during the 2014 Winter Olympics all hockey events took place. The stadium was commissioned in the first month of 2013. The general contractor during the construction was NPO Mostovik. For the construction were used the best builders, architects and engineers of the country. They decided to create the object to give the appearance of a frozen drop with a pearl-white dome. The Peking Opera has a similar form. On the territory of the Russian Federation, such a complex project was implemented for the first time.
Ice Palace is located in the Olympic ParkSochi, on the territory of the Imereti lowland - in the most picturesque place of the Krasnodar region. The Ice Palace in Sochi, described below, is designed for 12 thousand seats, and its area is almost 97 thousand square meters. All rooms are located on 9 levels. Tribunes of the arena are movable and transforming. Depending on the conduct of specific sporting events, the area of the gaming sector may vary. The roof of the ice palace is a screen, the size of which can be compared with 12 hockey arenas. If necessary, it can be broadcast various images and texts in the dynamics. All this was achieved thanks to the LED modules built into the roof.
Grand Ice Palace in Sochi "Big" completelyconfirmed its name, becoming one of the most capacious and comfortable Olympic venues. In terms of comfort, it can be compared with the world's leading hockey rinks.
The main purpose of creating an ice palace wasin building a modern arena for holding hockey matches at the Olympic Games in the winter of 2014. And this task was fully implemented. From the second day of the opening of the games to the last day of the Olympics, this big ice palace in Sochi accepted all the hockey events scheduled for this time. Later, at the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015, the First Channel Cup and the KHL All-Star Game were held here.
At present, the Sochi Ice Palace “Bolshoi” is the hockey arena of the Sochi club. This is the most modern arena of the Krasnodar Hockey League, which has no analogues yet.
Sochi Olympic Park includes severalunique infrastructural facilities, some of which are located at a short distance from the large ice palace. It should be noted ice arena "Puck" curling center "Ice Cube" and a large training stadium.
These buildings, together with the ice palace "Bolshoi"are part of a complex created by the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are located at a short distance from each other. It is planned to hold large-scale hockey competitions with a large number of invited people.
And of course, it is worth mentioning the Olympic stadium “Fisht”, whose capacity was 47 thousand seats and where the events related to the opening and closing of the Olympic Games took place.
The Ice Palace “Bolshoy” and others are located.infrastructure facilities of the Olympic Park in the Adler district of Sochi on the territory of the Imereti lowland. To get to the place where the Sochi Ice Palace is located, you can directly from the train station on special buses of the Sochi hockey club. Upon presentation of a ticket for the game fare will be free.
For those who do not like hockey, visit the iceThe palace can also be interesting, since it is a unique architectural structure of the Olympic Park, also located in the most picturesque place of the Krasnodar Territory.
