The Platinum Arena is a multipurpose sports and entertainment complex (SEC) intended for holding

• sports competitions (ice hockey, volleyball, figure-skating, short-track, curling, boxing, all kinds of wrestling, basketball, ballroom dances and gymnastics);
• concerts of the world-famous stars (opera singers, symphony orchestras, foreign and home pop stars of modern variety music);
  circus performances;
• exhibitions and fairs, conventions, jubilee celebrations for organizations and firms. At the corporate parties about 500 quests may enjoy smorgasbord and amuse themselves in a dance pavilion fitted with the stage.

The construction of the Platinum Arena started in March, 2000 and was over in three years — in August, 2003.

The complex was designed and built to meet the city demands for holding large-scale sports events, matches of Russia ice-hockey championship, games of the national volleyball championship, concerts and festivals.

Principal: AMUR Gold Mining Joint-Stock Company

General contractor: AMUR Gold Mining Joint-Stock Company

Contractors: KhSMU Dalstalkonstruktsia JS Company and Karlson Far East Co., Ltd.

Project development work and layout of design documents were carried out by the Khabarovskgrazhdanprojekt Design Institute and DONG NAM AH TAE ARCHITECTS ENGINEERING CO., LTD.

Feasibility study and architectural concept were developed by the Khabarovskgrazhdanprojekt Design Institute

Electrical equipment was supplied by «NAMBUK HEAVY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.».

Manufacture and delivery of metalwork was provided by the joint-stock company, Khabarovsk metalwork plant and the joint-stock company, Pervouralsk tubular constructional steelworks.

A site of 5.94 hectares chosen for the construction of the Platinum Arena is located in the Central Administrative district of Khabarovsk, at the intersection of two city’s important transport-pedestrian arterial roads. The site is bordered by the city’s green zone with its man-made ponds surrounded by vast parkland. The developed area of 4 hectares around the Platinum Arena includes beautiful fountains, planting of greenery, exterior lighting, and three parking lots for 500 cars.

Within the framework of the National forum «Sports Industry of Russia» the sports and entertainment complex Platinum Arena was awarded the diploma of the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation for its great contribution to establishing the modern industrial, financial and commercial infrastructure in Russia . Diploma in the nomination «The best sports building of the year 2003″ was handed over to the Platinum Arena» management by Evgeny Maximovich Primakov, the President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation.