The Minsk-Arena is the most prestigious sports and cultural complex in the country that includes three main objects:
The ultra-modern complex equipment of the Arena meets the highest professional standards and allows hosting any sports, cultural and entertainment events.
The main arena has already hosted the following sports competitions:
Moreover, a lot of cultural events such as the Rammstein, Scorpions, Limp Bizkit, Depeche Mode, 30 Seconds To Mars concerts etc. All the sports and cultural events have been held at the top level.
The forthcoming competitions will be held on March, 17-18 at the speed skating stadium.
The speed skating stadium in Minsk is the first indoor skating area in Belarus with a 400-meter track. Its capacity is about 3000 people.
The internal radius of its turn is 26 m, the width of double track is more than 9 m. The inner perimeter of the track is provided with ice bar 7 m at width for training. Outer perimeter has a 3-meter rumble strip. There are also two tracks for curling and two hockey pitches (60 х 30m – European standard, 60 х 28m – Canadian standard) on the ice field.
The total area of ice at the stadium is about 10 thousand square meters. A half of it is occupied with a high-speed skating track.
The skating stadium is also equipped with unique facilities – rooms of mountain air where sportsmen can train under conditions of low atmospheric pressure and oxygen deficiency thus imitating the conditions of areas high above sea levels. French equipment delivers air from 0 to 5000 meters above sea level and it makes the air composition similar to the mountain air. So, athletes have the opportunity to train in highland conditions.
There rooms have no analogues in the Republic of Belarus and they are unique and valuable due to their therapeutic properties. It has been scientifically proven that regeneration of human tissues and improvement in immune system are observed in such conditions.
The unique equipment set at the stadium allows controlling the ice temperature in different areas. It gives the possibility for the representatives of different sports to train at the same time.
The velodrome has a 250-meter cycle track 7.5 meters at width. The central core of the cycle track is used for competitions and training process for 20 sports.
There are also 2 gyms, a dance room, bike rental, a roller skating school, a medical center, VIP-service in the facility.
The velodrome has considerable experience in international competitions.
