In Kiev, the construction of a basketball arena for the Eurobasket 2015

Company DeVision Entertainment began construction of a multipurpose concert and sports center "Kiev Arena" at the intersection of main roads of Kiev: st. Zabolotnogo and the Metropolitan Highway, at this stage matches will take place the European Basketball Championship in 2015.

On Friday, a ceremony of laying a commemorative capsule in the foundation of the future arena, with the participation of Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov and the mayor of Kiev Alexander Popov.We headed out to such complexes, which will be built in almost all major cities, have managed to become centers for sporting events, cultural events, concerts and scientific conferences," - said Azarov during the opening ceremony of the construction of the arena.The planned area of ​​the complex is 46,916 square meters, it will consist of six ground and one underground floor.

Depending on the type of the activities at the stadium will be a different number of seats.Thus, during the basketball games - 17,402 places hockey matches - 15339, concerts - 20,000.It is planned that construction of the arena will be completed in the first quarter of 2015, it is fully built at the expense of investors, it costs $ 120 million.Ukraine in August 2015 to take European Basketball Championship, it is assumed that the matches of the championship will be held in six Ukrainian cities