SKA Head Coach Romain Rotenberg In an interview with , he said that the St. Petersburg club had no plans to leave the Ice Palace, as good infrastructure had been created there.
In July SKA announced that in the 2024/25 season, home matches will be held at the Ice Palace and not at the new SKA Arena. Earlier, media reports reported a fire at the SKA Arena, which can accommodate 21,500 spectators. SKA noted that given the scale of the arena and the complexity of its fire safety systems, it will take a long time to eliminate the shortcomings and deficiencies.
— With what feelings will you return to the Ice Palace? After all, the SKA Arena will not be used in the new season.
— And we never left Ledovoye. We won the Kharlamov Cup there last spring. We had no intention of leaving there. We have a base there across the street – “Hockey City”. We lived in the Ice Palace for many years and did everything wisely. Both the lighting and the quality of the ice – everything is perfect there, “Rotenberg told .
Last season, SKA was defeated by Avtomobilist (1-4) in the second round of the KHL playoffs.
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