UKRAINE - Stadium and Arena Development News

[VelesHomais]

This thread will be mostly about small or medium NON Euro-2012 stadiums.

[VelesHomais]

Zaporizhya stadium, completed in 2006

Capacity 11883

http://fcmetallurg.zp.ua/img/photo/95.jpg

http://fcmetallurg.zp.ua/img/photo/99.jpg

http://fcmetallurg.zp.ua/img/photo/101.jpg

http://fcmetallurg.zp.ua/img/photo/100.jpg

Some pics by our forumer Raven
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5508/dscn29848xx.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1261/dscn29853er.jpg

[VelesHomais]

Sumy stadium, opened a couple of years ago.
Capacity: 30,000 (not small, but since it's not a Euro stadium, and is located in a non-important medium-small sized city, it's suitable for this thread).

http://www.ukrsoccerhistory.com/sources/st_sumy2.jpg

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/ukraine/sumy_yuvileiny2.jpg

http://www.fanat.com.ua/sumy/spartak/foto-stadium/01.jpg

http://www.fanat.com.ua/sumy/spartak/foto-stadium/08.jpg

http://www.fanat.com.ua/sumy/spartak/foto-stadium/09.jpg

[El Vampiro Ucraniano]

Ternopil, Stadium "Centralnyi" capacity 18 500.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s16/MaksKhomenko/stadion-2.jpg

[El Vampiro Ucraniano]

Stadium "Naftovyk" Okhtyrka, 10 500
It's due to be refurbished and expanded, the owners are currently going to play in Sumy.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s16/MaksKhomenko/Naftovyk4.jpg

[VelesHomais]

^^ nice find, I've never even heard of that town :)

[VelesHomais]

Ivano-Frankivsk stadium "Rukh", currently under renovation/reconstruction

Final capacity: approximately 20,000
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8986/ivanofrankowskim3.jpg

[El Vampiro Ucraniano]

The town isn't big it's population is around 50 000, but the club is owned by Ukrnafta, so financing is not a problem, currently Naftovyk is going to move to Sumy, as the new season starts in 4 weeks. So quite soon we can expect a very decent stadium there...

[El Vampiro Ucraniano]

Recent picture of "Rukh" stadium in Ivano-Frankivsk

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s16/MaksKhomenko/79e102763e209168defc740efe843a54.jpg

[El Vampiro Ucraniano]

Stadium "Fiolent", Simferopol, capacity 5 000

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s16/MaksKhomenko/httpfc.jpg

[Benjuk]

^^
That one should be in the cutest/funniest stadiums thread of a few weeks back... Fantastic.

[VelesHomais]

Vorskla (Poltava) stadium

Capacity: 25,000

http://www.vorskla.com.ua/album/?sec=wallpapers&id=2&size=1

More than a nice stadium for this team, imho

[VelesHomais]

New "Metallurg" Stadium u/c in Makeevka

Capacity 24 000
VIP 750

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s16/MaksKhomenko/Metalurh_Donetsk_.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s16/MaksKhomenko/Metadon3.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s16/MaksKhomenko/Metadon4.jpg

[Alle]

Some high class stadiums there, especially the last one. Ukraine has got a lot of potential. :)

[skaP187]

I like alot of the stadiums, there so different!

[VelesHomais]

RSK Olimpyjskyj, Donetsk
Capacity 25 500
Last reconstruction: 2003

Plans: will get a roof early next year
http://www.ukrsoccerhistory.com/sources/donetsk_rsk.jpg

http://shakhtar.com/fc/club/rsk1.jpg

http://shakhtar.com/fc/club/rsk2.jpg

http://shakhtar.com/fc/club/rsk3.jpg

http://shakhtar.com/fc/club/rsk4.jpg

http://shakhtar.com/fc/club/rsk5.jpg

http://shakhtar.com/fc/club/rsk7.jpg

http://www.terrikon.dn.ua/today/images/other/tablo.jpg

http://sprava.civicua.org/image/donetskie/lokomotiv.jpg

[VelesHomais]

Kryvyj Rih

Capacity: 29 872


http://www.ukrsoccerhistory.com/sources/st_kr.jpg

http://www.ukrsoccerhistory.com/sources/st_kr2.jpg

[VelesHomais]

Khmelnytsky "Podolje"

Capacity: 10500

http://www.ukrsoccerhistory.com/sources/stad_khmel1.jpg

http://www.ukrsoccerhistory.com/sources/stad_khmel2.jpg

[VelesHomais]

A pic of Sumy stadium with full capacity reached
http://www.fcspartak.sumy.ua/photo/shaht1/shaht09.jpg

[VelesHomais]

A nice, small Ukrainian stadium, completed in 2006. Football specific. Local team "Metalurh Zaporizhia" plays here.

http://i37.tinypic.com/qozifq.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/2mobm06.jpg

[bing222]

great stadium

[www.sercan.de]

Because of ca. is under 30,000 i changed the title ot UKRAINE - Stadium and Arena Development News

[VelesHomais]

Ok, this thread can be for non-Euro 2012 stadiums.

[www.sercan.de]

Yeah. That would be great.
Are there any non EURO 2012 projects?
What about Arenas?

[VelesHomais]

Yes, there are many stadium reconstructions and renovations planned in other cities.

[Carrerra]

Mod, why don't you rename as Ukraine - Stadium and Development News (Non Euro 2012 Stadiums and other sports arenas)?

[psper]

Yes, there are many stadium reconstructions and renovations planned in other cities.
in which cities? except 2012 Euro stadium.

[VelesHomais]

Off the top of my head, I can name Ivano-Frankivsk. I'll look for renderings later on.

[www.sercan.de]

Mod, why don't you rename as Ukraine - Stadium and Development News (Non Euro 2012 Stadiums and other sports arenas)?

Because COUNTRY - Stadium and Development News is already a standard we have :D

[VelesHomais]

Nice little stadium for a nice little city in Ukraine. City population is 22,489.

http://www.tpk.ua/application/uploads/9eker943t/74t2r8nze_1_s.jpg

http://www.tpk.ua/application/uploads/9eker943t/74t2r8nze_2_s.jpg

http://www.tpk.ua/application/uploads/9eker943t/

[NMAISTER007]

I didn't find a thread of the stadiums that are being Developed in Ukraine, so I decided to make one :D

Euro 2012 Ukraine stadiums:

Kyiv Olympic stadium (Under reconstruction) ~69,000
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr114/vitaska_2008/72938A21465B-19.png

Donbass Arena in Donetsk (Almost completed) ~51,000
http://s39.radikal.ru/i084/0907/03/a8f4be230617.jpg

Kharkiv Metallist stadium (Almost Completed) ~40,000
http://www.metallist.kharkov.ua/components/com_ponygallery/img_pictures/originals/20090702_1730904010.jpg

Odessa Prokopenko Arena (Construction recently started) ~34,000
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6568/odessanew2fb0.jpg

Lviv Stadion Ukrayina (Construction recently started) ~33,000
http://zaxid.net/images/news/full/ArticleImage_2_20508.jpg

Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro Stadium (Completed) 31,003
http://i062.radikal.ru/0810/6a/c788e15e996f.jpg
(^^ Opening ceremony of the stadium)

http://www.euro2012liveonline.com/img/images/euro-2012-dnipro.jpg

[NMAISTER007]

Nice little stadium for a nice little city in Ukraine. City population is 22,489.

That would be considered more as a town, than a city.

[Inferious]

wow finally a thread about Ukrainian stadiums.
i really like the Odessa stadium. it has a really nice design

[psper]

Any other new stadium projects?

[Inferious]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGSJSpKNLGA

[NMAISTER007]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGSJSpKNLGA

I have never heard of a Ukrainian football club called "Niva" :ohno:

[NMAISTER007]

Any other new stadium projects?

There are 2 more designs that i know of that are being planned to be built in a couple of years.

In Ivano-Frankivsk they are possibly going to reconstruct their stadium into this (Or build a new one):
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8986/ivanofrankowskim3.jpg


And in Kiev they are planning to BUILD a 50k stadium for Arsenal Kiev and it will look like this:
http://www.tpk.ua/application/uploads/4dskhzbkk/es35z8ab7_3_s.jpg

[NMAISTER007]

Oh and also this is an old project but they will probably make this, but they are planning to reconstruct the Dynamo Stadium in Kiev into this:

http://i14.tinypic.com/2vmvvau.jpg

[Inferious]

Ternopil, Stadium "Centralnyi" capacity 18 500.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s16/MaksKhomenko/stadion-2.jpg

I have never heard of a Ukrainian football club called "Niva" :ohno:

its a football club in Ternopil in Second League. thats there stadium.

[Inferious]

And in Kiev they are planning to BUILD a 50k stadium for Arsenal Kiev and it will look like this:
http://www.tpk.ua/application/uploads/4dskhzbkk/es35z8ab7_3_s.jpg
Arsenal Kiev wont be able to fill half the stadium for their games

[berkshire royal]

Do Arsenal Kiev need a 50,000 stadium they should build a modern stadium that has a capacity between 20-25,000 like Stadium Eden in Prague. Dynamo should either move into the Olympic Stadium full time or build a modern 40-50,000 stadium like in Shakhtar.

Also who has a bigger support Dynamo or Shakhtar for example if both played in equally impresive stadiums that are of similair size, with reasonable ticket prices who would get the better attendances? I'm sorry but I don't see either averaging better then 25,000 even in large very modern stadiums.

[NMAISTER007]

Arsenal Kiev wont be able to fill half the stadium for their games

But what i have read is that Dynamo might also play on this stadium, but i don't get why dynamo should play on 3 stadiums (This new one, Dynamo stadium and the Olympic stadium)

[Inferious]

But what i have read is that Dynamo might also play on this stadium, but i don't get why dynamo should play on 3 stadiums (This new one, Dynamo stadium and the Olympic stadium)
i think Dynamo should build a new stadium where the Lobanovsky Stadium is. Make it 40000 or 50000. Arsenal Kiev should make a smaller one around 25000 to 30000 while the Olimpyski is just for the Ukrainian national team. I think it would really solve the problems. Or maybe Dynamo and national team play in Olimpyski and some other team could take over the Lobanovsky.

[NMAISTER007]

i think Dynamo should build a new stadium where the Lobanovsky Stadium is. Make it 40000 or 50000. Arsenal Kiev should make a smaller one around 25000 to 30000 while the Olimpyski is just for the Ukrainian national team. I think it would really solve the problems. Or maybe Dynamo and national team play in Olimpyski and some other team could take over the Lobanovsky.

But when there is a Champions League game, then Dynamo play it on the Olympic stadium (But not now since its under reconstruction).

[Inferious]

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu359/Inferiouss/2n1rrzr.jpg
they are trying to reconstruct the stadium in ternopil and maybe use it as training grounds for 2012

[NMAISTER007]

^^ Looks similar to the ivano-frakivsk stadium design.

[NMAISTER007]

Also about the Dynamo stadium, they already have a design but they still are not sure when they are going to start to reconstruct it. The capacity still remains as a mystery.

http://i14.tinypic.com/2vmvvau.jpg

[NMAISTER007]

http://watchlivefootball.tv/images/logos/ua-dynamo-kiev.png
FC Dynamo Kyiv

One of the stadiums in Kyiv, Ukraine, the Dynamo stadium (Also called as the Valeriy Lobanovskiy Stadium), already has a capacity of 16,888 and the stadium is planned to be reconstructed sometime in the near future. The capacity of the reconstructed stadium still remains as a mystery but it should be over 30,000. The stadium itself has been reconstructed a few times, but this will be a major project, just like the Olympic stadium that is also in Kyiv.

This is how the stadium looks like now:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00979/dynamo_kiev_stadium_979755c.jpg


And this is how the stadium will look like in the future when it will be reconstructed:
http://i14.tinypic.com/2vmvvau.jpg

[Jasse James]

^^ It is old project, not actual now.

[www.sercan.de]

better to open a thread when we will know the capacity

[NMAISTER007]

better to open a thread when we will know the capacity

Ok, that sounds fair.

[NMAISTER007]

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu359/Inferiouss/2n1rrzr.jpg
they are trying to reconstruct the stadium in ternopil and maybe use it as training grounds for 2012

Ternopil is actually a nice town, Im sure that the players will have a nice time there :)

[NMAISTER007]

I hope Ukraine will one day bid for the World cup, because then we will get more stadiums that are better, and bigger. If Ukraine were to host it alone, then they will need to build 8 more arenas with the capacity over 50,000. I hope this will happen one day :D

[salaverryo]

I hope Ukraine will one day bid for the World cup, because then we will get more stadiums that are better, and bigger. If Ukraine were to host it alone, then they will need to build 8 more arenas with the capacity over 50,000. I hope this will happen one day :D

Not necessarily over 50,000. FIFA requires a minimum capacity of 40 thousand for most matches. Only the semis & the final must be played in stadiums with at least 60 thousand seats.

By the way, I like the Metallist Stadium. I don't think it's ugly at all.

[metros11]

I hope Ukraine will one day bid for the World cup, because then we will get more stadiums that are better, and bigger. If Ukraine were to host it alone, then they will need to build 8 more arenas with the capacity over 50,000. I hope this will happen one day :D

Never in our lifetime.

[metros11]

We need more businessman competing to buy football clubs, I don't want the government to be involved in any of it at all, we're not living under socialism - stadiums should be built ONLY with private money.

It doesn't have to be the case. In United States plenty of stadiums are built with government money. It's just that those stadiums make money for the government.

[VelesHomais]

That's socialism, it leads to corruption and mismanagement of finances, besides, who says that all taxpayers want their money to go to construction of stadiums? It doesn't make any sense... it should only be financed with private money.

[metros11]

That's socialism, it leads to corruption and mismanagement of finances, besides, who says that all taxpayers want their money to go to construction of stadiums? It doesn't make any sense... it should only be financed with private money.

Socialism? I guess if you look at it that way. But then again, new stadiums are also a way to make money, even for the government. You see, the way it works is that the government will pay for all or part of the stadium, and then lease it to the team playing there. The lease fee is minimal, and the lease agreement is only done so that the club avoids paying high property taxes. However what they do is charge a tax on every ticket to every game of show at the stadium, including luxury suites sold, and in some cases they will also a percentage of the stadium naming rights deal. This, IN THEORY, should be enough to pay off the stadium over the span of its life.

[VelesHomais]

It works in theory, but it leaves much potential for bureaucratic government nonsense and, perhaps not in the U.S., but in Ukraine, and many other countries, it creates a lot of opportunities for numerous officials to expect bribes.

My firm belief is that government shouldn't be involved in anything that doesn't absolutely require it (like police, for instance), everything that can be private, should be private.

[salaverryo]

That's socialism, it leads to corruption and mismanagement of finances, besides, who says that all taxpayers want their money to go to construction of stadiums? It doesn't make any sense... it should only be financed with private money.

If that's socialism, then the US is a socialist country. Most American stadiums are municipal, that is to say, they're owned by the cities. And where do the cities get the money to build them? From taxes. And who pays taxes? The cities' visitors & the cities/counties' residents.

[VelesHomais]

If that's socialism, then the US is a socialist country. Most American stadiums are municipal, that is to say, they're owned by the cities. And where do the cities get the money to build them? From taxes. And who pays taxes? The cities' visitors & the cities/counties' residents.

America, like every single other country in the world, is a mixed economy (capitalism and socialism). However, this particular practice is called purely socialistic.

[bigbossman]

We need more businessman competing to buy football clubs, I don't want the government to be involved in any of it at all,

You know it isn't one or the other, the favoured and best model is the member association, government ownership leads to football being manipulated (like in the former eastern bloc) but ownership by individuals leads to it becoming arbitrary and mean it relies to heavily on individual investment, especially when football doesn't need it.

America, like every single other country in the world, is a mixed economy (capitalism and socialism). However, this particular practice is called purely socialistic.

If i am not mistaken being ukrainian your viewpoint is going to be slightly tarnished by what you may have experience during your life time.

The facts are that part of the reason we have government is to provide essential services (Transport, health, education, police etc) and things for public benefit (parks, libraries etc). Sport and Entertainment are for the benefit of the public and if they can't be facilitated in a city without private investment then of course the government should intervene and invest especially when it can also levy a tax that can pay for it. The investment is as much for the benefit of the citizens as the owners of said club...

Anyway I like the fact kharkiv have a modern stadium and it will likely bve filled, but I hate the track and see no place for it in a modern football stadium.

[VelesHomais]

You know it isn't one or the other, the favoured and best model is the member association, government ownership leads to football being manipulated (like in the former eastern bloc) but ownership by individuals leads to it becoming arbitrary and mean it relies to heavily on individual investment, especially when football doesn't need it.



If i am not mistaken being ukrainian your viewpoint is going to be slightly tarnished by what you may have experience during your life time.

The facts are that part of the reason we have government is to provide essential services (Transport, health, education, police etc) and things for public benefit (parks, libraries etc). Sport and Entertainment are for the benefit of the public and if they can't be facilitated in a city without private investment then of course the government should intervene and invest especially when it can also levy a tax that can pay for it. The investment is as much for the benefit of the citizens as the owners of said club...

Anyway I like the fact kharkiv have a modern stadium and it will likely bve filled, but I hate the track and see no place for it in a modern football stadium.

Having bachelors in Political Science I am aware of the governments role. Building and managing stadiums is not an essential service and should function on private basis. There's a difference between providing public sport facilities and building a stadium for professional football, the former is essential for kids growing up, while the latter is a business and should be treated as such. Government businesses are inefficient and have no place in modern world.

[Bandera]

Never in our lifetime.

:ohno:

[metros11]

My firm belief is that government shouldn't be involved in anything that doesn't absolutely require it (like police, for instance), everything that can be private, should be private.

I like the way you think.

[VelesHomais]

Found this nice pic of Slavutych Arena. Unfortunately, I do not know who the author of the photograph is. Very cozy stadium.
http://i25.tinypic.com/29zaipu.jpg

[vanbasten]

Unfortunately, I do not know who the author of the photograph is.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20889724 It's Shakhtar's photographer Valeriy Dudush

[Mykhaylo]

DNIPRO-ARENA THE BEST!!!

http://gorod.dp.ua/photo/usergorod/2009/02/08/23397.JPG

[VelesHomais]

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20889724 It's Shakhtar's photographer Valeriy Dudush

Thanks. He's very good!

[lukaszek89]

Donbass Arena is just awesome!

[Mykhaylo]

DNIPRO-ARENA!!!!:)

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/27517395.jpg

[Mykhaylo]

KY-KY!!

[vony91]

anyone have any new updates on ivano frankivsk and ternopil,any of the stadiums finished yet?

[likasz]

What are top5 sports in Ukraine?Football is for sure nr 1 but other sports?

[rus]

What are top5 sports in Ukraine?Football is for sure nr 1 but other sports?

Sport in Ukraine is now in full decline, except for football. The once popular sports (hockey, volleyball and handball) almost died, the league is very weak, there is no funding. Basketball is still alive, but is at a lower level than in neighboring Poland and especially Russia.