The Arena CSKA is the recently opened new stadium of CSKA Moscow. It is the first permanent long-term home of the club, having moved around various venues in the city of Moscow without settling.
The first stone was laid in May 2007, however not much later works got halted due to legal and financial problems. Works then resumed for short periods of time, but only little progress was made until 2014, when construction finally sped up.
The Arena CSKA officially opened on 10 September 2016 with a league match between CSKA Moscow and Terek Grozny (3-0).
The most characteristic feature of the Arena CSKA is a tall office building in one of the corners that resembles the UEFA Cup the club won in 2005.
How to get to the Arena CSKA
The Arena CSKA is located north-west of Moscow’s city centre, roughly 8.5 kilometres from the Red Square and 5 kilometres from Belorussky train station.
The nearest metro stations are Sokol and Aeroport on the green line 2. From both it is an approximate 20-minute walk, though the stadium is easier to find from the former. The green line can, among others, be caught from stop Teatralnya near the Red Square.
An alternative is catching the purple line 7 to stop Polezhaevskaya, from where it is a similar 20-minute walk.