General Director of Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo » Alexander Kharlamov told that in early January, two hockey matches could be held in Nizhny Novgorod, in the football stadium built for the 2018 World Cup.
It is planned that the Nizhny Novgorod football stadium (capacity 45,000 spectators) will host two hockey matches: on January 5, 2024, the local Chaika will face the Tolyatti Ladya in the MHL championship, and on January 7, 2024, the Torpedo will play in As part of the Fonbet KHL championship, he will meet Dynamo Minsk.
– It’s a good idea. Torpedo, together with the region and the KHL, is actively working on this, but it is premature to talk about it today. Let’s wait a bit, in a while there will be more details.
We know that St. Petersburg has a successful experience, where the Russian national team played at the Gazprom Arena, as well as SKA and CSKA. This was before Covid, and this tradition must be developed.
January holidays are offered for a reason. Nowadays there are party places in Nizhny Novgorod, a real New Year’s atmosphere. In addition, many tourists come on vacation and on weekends. So it is possible to gather a large audience for such matches,” Kharlamov told .
On December 22, 2018, SKA gathered 67,770 spectators for the match against CSKA (1:4). The match took place at the Gazprom Arena football stadium. A year later, on December 19, 2019, the SKA – CSKA match (0:1) in the same arena attracted 61,810 spectators.
This season, an average of 5,500 spectators gather at Torpedo home games and the arena is completely filled. If the residents of Nizhny Novgorod gather 45,000 spectators in the match against Dynamo Minsk, then, if the trend continues, their annual attendance will reach 121% of the full house, which will become a record in the history of world hockey.
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