In Petrozavodsk, a new recreational complex “Dynamo” started its work

The grand opening of the sports facility took place on December 13

The new Sports and Recreation Complex of the famous sports society stands at the intersection of the Suoyarvskoye Highway and Khalturina Street in Petrozavodsk: today the first persons of Karelia visited it

The history of the emergence of a new sports facility was not easy. Once there was the Dynamo stadium, which, after the collapse of the USSR, ceased to exist and turned into a wasteland. But the land plot of 1.3 hectares continued to remain in federal ownership.

The owner could not dispose of this land otherwise than for sports facilities – it is located in a recreational area and is intended only for sports. Then the All-Russian Society “Dynamo” leased this site in order to build a modern Sports and Recreation Complex. Start of construction was set in October 2020and the well-known construction company Barents Group acted as the contractor

The total area of ​​the facility is 1840 square meters: it is a multi-purpose sports hall with stands for spectators, rooms for training, competitions at various levels in mini-football, basketball, volleyball, martial arts and other sports. There is also a gym with professional equipment, comfortable locker rooms and administrative offices.

According to the press service of the company, the hall provides for the presence of two wrestling mats for training sessions and official competitions in sambo and combat sambo. This makes it possible to hold all-Russian competitions in these sports here.

Most importantly, everyone will be able to train in the new sports complex. This is especially true, given that there are practically no sports and physical culture facilities in this microdistrict.

At one time, a member of the Federation Council from Karelia, Igor Zubarev, made an effort to sign an agreement on the construction of a sport and recreation complex between Dynamo and the Olympic Council of our republic. For this, at the ceremony, he received a Dynamo T-shirt from the hands of the chairman of the All-Russian Society, Anatoly Gulevsky.

The senator recalled that already at the university, he and his fellow students used the crumbling locker rooms of the old stadium. Therefore, the fact that the “Dynamo” complex was able to be revived also became a personal event for him.

“Today I have the honorable duty to hand over the last building element of this palace,” said Igri Zubarev. He handed over to the management of the FOK a plaque from a memorial stone laid at the foundation of the construction site two years ago. Our descendants should read the text in 50 years.

The head of the republic, Artur Parfenchikov, in his speech recalled his own Dynamo past: in his youth, starting in 1978, he went in for sports under the flag of this society and at this stadium. And he added that he would like to continue the cooperation of the republic with Dynamo.

“Of course, I would like the Dynamo complex to be expanded and built in the future for the benefit of our residents, our youth, because sport is life,” Parfenchikov said.