Coastal cluster
Shayba Arena
2014 Sochi Olympics Ice hockey stadium, second in importance after the Bolshoy Ice Dome. Capacity - 7000 seats. Estimated construction costs - $35.5 mln. Built in 2013.
The stadium will host Winter Olympics ice hockey matches and Paralympics sledge hockey matches that will follow.
Shayba Arena is a pre-fabricated assembly-disassembly facility that can be moved to another Russian city to be used as an ice arena after the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Capacity: 7,000
Events to be held: ice hockey
Bolshoy Ice Dome
An ice hockey stadium located at the Olympic Park. To be used as the main ice hockey venue of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Bolshoy Ice dome seats 12,000. Its shape resembles a frozen water drop. Estimated construction costs - $300 mln. Construction began in 2009 and was completed in 2012.
After the Games the Bolshoy Ice Dome will be used as a state-of-the art multi-functional sports and entertainment facility matching world standards.
Capacity: 12,000
Events to be held: ice hockey
After the Olympics to be used as: multi-functional athletic, concert and entertainment center.
Curling center Ice Cube
A stadium at the Olympic park seating 3,000. Built in 2012.
Ice Cube will host 2014 Olympics curling events.
Originally there were plans to move this assembly-disassembly facility to Rostov-on-Don after the Games. However, eventually a decision was made to leave it in place. After the Sochi Olympics the Ice Cube stadium will be transformed into a multi-functional sports and entertainment center offering excellent conditions for a variety of winter sports and gala events and sports competitions.
Capacity: 3,000
Events to be held: curling matches
Adler Arena
Indoor speed skating stadium at Sochi’s Olympic Park. It will host 2014 Olympics speed skating events. A standard 400-meter oval speed skating stadium with two lanes seating 8,000. Put into commission in late 2012. Estimated construction costs - $32.8 mln. After the Olympics Adler Arena is to be used as southern Russia’s largest exhibition center.
Capacity: 8,000
Events to be held: speed skating
After the Olympics to be used as: a trading and exhibition center
Skating palace Iceberg
Iceberg is a skating place seating 12,000 with an ice rink and a skating training venue for figure skating and short-track events, to be used during the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics. Put into commission June 2012. After the Olympics the figure skating stadium may be transformed into an Olympic standard cycling track (250 meters) or another kind of facility.
Capacity: 12,000
Events to be held: figure skating and short track
Olympic stadium Fisht
Situated at Adler’s Olympic Park. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 winter Olympics. The stadium was named after a mountain peak in the western part of the Caucasus Ridge. From their seats the spectators will enjoy a splendid view of the mountains in the north and of the Black Sea in the south. The stadium was designed to accommodate 40,000 Winter Olympics spectators, 45,000 fans at international level soccer matches, and 25,000 viewers at everyday routine events. Fisht is one of the stadiums that will host the 2018 Soccer World Cup Finals. Put into commission November 2013.
Capacity: 40,000
Events to be held: Gala ceremonies
After the Olympics to be used as: a soccer stadium and multi-functional sports and entertainment center
Mountain cluster:
Alpine skiing center Rosa Khutor
An Alpine skiing resort in the Adler district of the city of Sochi, the Krasnodar Territory, 40 kilometers away from Adler in the foothills of the Main Caucasus Ridge. The first set of facilities opened December 15, 2010, when five cableways and nine kilometers of track as well as the accompanying infrastructure facilities went operational. This is an integral facility for hosting all Alpine skiing events – downhill, combined (downhill and slalom), giant slalom and super-giant slalom. The Alpine skiing courses will total 20 kilometers in length. The Rosa Khutor Alpine skiing complex takes up an area of 1,820 hectares on the northern, northeastern and southern slopes of the Aibga Mountain Ridge, stretching from the Mzymta River running at an altitude of 575 meters above the sea level to the top of the mountain ridge in the area of Mount Kamenny Stolb, soaring 2,320 meters above the sea. Bernard Roussy, an world renowned architect and brain-father of all Alpine skiing courses of the International Ski Federation (FIS) designed all of Sochi’s skiing courses. Rosa Khutor is a major Alpine skiing resort in the North Caucasus. It has already hosted several major international competitions.
Capacity: 7,500
Events to be held: Alpine skiing
After the Olympics to be used as: part of a major Alpine skiing resort
Extreme Park Rosa Khutor
An Alpine skiing resort situated in the area of Krasnaya Polyana, 40 kilometers away from Adler, in the foothills of the Main Caucasus Ridge. A 30-minute ride by a combined automobile-train road line from Adler international airport. Unique snow conditions in combination with specialized courses for ski cross, aerials, mogul, snowboard cross, parallel giant slalom and halfpipe are guarantees this facility will be hosting high-level world class competitions on a regular basis. The Rosa Khutor Alpine skiing complex takes up an area of 1,820 hectares on the northern, northeastern and southern slopes of the Aibga Mountain Ridge, stretching from the Mzymta River running at an altitude of 575 meters above the sea level to the top of the mountain ridge in the area of Mount Kamenny Stolb, soaring 2,320 meters above the sea.
Capacity: 4,000
Events to be held: snowboarding, freestyle
After the Olympics to be used as: a national training center
Sliding center Sanki
A luge and bobsleigh track, located at the Alpine skiing resort Alpika Service. Its finish area is in the Rzhanaya Polyana locality. The track, finalized by 2012, is 60 kilometers northeast of Sochi (near Krasnaya Polyana). Sanki is Russia’s first track capable of hosting international level competitions and the sole one having three counter-slopes. There are no more than 20 other such tracks in the world. The track lies on the northern slope of the Aibga Ridge, which screens it from direct sunlight, near the Krasnaya Polyana village. The track is 1,814 meters long, including the 314-meter-long braking zone. The maximum speed is 135 km/h. The track was laid to match the terrain features to the maximum extent. Its highest point is at an altitude of 836 meters above the sea, and the lowest is at 704 meters. The radiuses of all curves and the three counter-slopes that slow speed ensure the athletes’ safety. Sledging has been a traditional Russian winter entertainment since the days of Peter the Great and a favorite outdoor pastime of any Russian kid during a snowy winter. Riding sledges (sanki in Russian) is great fun for young and old and one of adults’ most favorite memories of their younger days. The sliding center’s name lends an unmistakable Russian flavor to the 2014 Winter Olympics and matches perfectly with the facility’s main function.
Capacity: 5,000
Events to be held: boblseigh, skeleton, luge
After the Olympics to be used as: a national training center
Skiing and biathlon complex Laura
The Laura skiing and biathlon complex in the Adler district of Sochi is situated on the slopes of the mountain ridge Psekhako 6.5-10 kilometers northeast of the village of Krasnaya Polyana, 90 kilometers away from downtown Sochi, and 60 kilometers away from Sochi airport at an altitude of 850-1,430 meters above the sea level. Laura consists of both permanent and temporary buildings and facilities. The biathlon stadium with stands for spectators is a permanent structure. Other facilities and buildings crucial to holding sporting events are temporary. To get to the competition site visitors and guests are invited to take cable cars from the Alpine tourist cluster to the southern slope of the ridge. When finalized the cableways will be able to carry 6,000 passengers per hour. The Laura complex seats 7,500. The Laura itself is a fast mountain river with many waterfalls. Its source is located on the southern slopes of the Assara Ridge inside the Caucasus wildlife preserve. The legend has it that a young beauty called Laura took her own life after being forced to marry to an old nobleman. Laura escaped from his house and jumped from a cliff into the river that would later be given her name. Laura’s sweetheart, a young man called Murat, found the loss too hard to bear and followed his fiancé. Their bodies would never be found. Some locals say the gods found the tragedy so moving that they took both youths to their Safe Haven on top of holy Mount Elbrus.
A stable climate and fast and easy delivery of snow from the mountain slopes nearby provide extra guarantees of holding sporting events regardless of the weather. A well-developed network of skiing tracks and an opportunity to train on slopes above the stadium may prove an extra attraction for national and foreign teams that may like to use it as a training camp. Asphalted routes will allow for roller ski training in summer time. Also, during the warm season the stadium may be used for orienteering competitions, cross-country running and cycling races. Hiking routes may be opened. After the Olympics the stadium may be expanded to host skiing races and biathlon events.
Capacity: 7,500
Events to be held: biathlon, ski races
RusSki Gorki ski jumping center
The hills built for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The complex is located on the northern slope of the Aibga Ridge, in the territory of the Mountain Carousel Alpine skiing complex, pretty close to the Esto Sadok village. International experts selected this particular site at the junction of two mountain ridges to ensure the hills fit in well with the terrain and the ski jumpers be well protected from lateral wind gusts. The site boasts the most advanced Olympic ski jump hills K-95 and K-125.
Its name, RusSki Gorki (literally meaning Russian Ski Mountains), is a hint at the facility’s shape, a play of words, and an allusion to the world-famous theme park ride called the roller coaster – an offspring of the old Russian winter-time entertainment originally known as Russian Mountains. Next to RusSki Gorki is the Gorki Media Center. Russia’s Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Federation plans to use the complex in summer time as an international training camp.
Capacity: 7,500
Events to be held: ski jumping, Nordic combined
After the Olympics to be used as: a national training center