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Revival of the Moscow Hippodrome, reconstruction of Luzhniki and the Alexander Ovechkin Hockey Academy
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin noted: "In the courtyards and school stadiums, city residents play various sports, including football, basketball, volleyball, badminton and table tennis." - Sports grounds are popular with street gymnastics fans, and skate parks are preferred by extreme sports enthusiasts. Skiing or skating with the whole family has become fashionable again. All this is the result of the constant development of sports infrastructure.
The number of Muscovites receiving at least physical education has tripled since 2010, from 2 million to 6 million.
1. Sports closer to home. Since 2010, more than 10 thousand outdoor swimming pools, football pitches, tennis courts, skating rinks, skis and ski slopes have been built in capital cities. So that people who want to be physically active do not have to go far or travel.
2. Sports and physical education are more than stadiums and playgrounds. For example, today people practice yoga in the most unexpected places: in parks and on the roofs of the Northern River Terminal. Dancing is done on the embankment and on the roof of the Southern River Terminal.
3. A large sports complex has been built. Including the Eteri Tutberidze Figure Skating Center in Yasenevo with figure skating training groups for children and adults, the Severny Modern Pentathlon Center at the Fiztekh metro station with a multi-purpose gym and swimming pool, the Novaya Zvezda Biathlon Center at the Mitino shooting range, a gym and a sports hall.
4. The industrial zone has been reorganized. Wastelands, dumps, and abandoned factories are being replaced by entertainment for young people. For example, the former dump in Pechatniki was transformed into the Moscow Technical Sports Center with a high-speed 800-meter go-kart track, ramps for extreme sports, a 1.8 km bike path, and a recreation area on the shore. The ZIL industrial zone housed an Olympic synchronized swimming center with two 25-meter pools, the Aquatoria ZIL sports complex with a gym and trampoline hall, two 50-meter pools, one of which has an open-air swimming hall. pool. built. The water temperature is +28 degrees all year round.
5. Important facilities have been reorganized. In 2023, the Moskvich stadium in Tekstilshchiki will be open again, having renovated not only the football stadium, but also created a billiards palace and a tennis center with two courts. The Bitsa equestrian complex reopened this year. Historical buildings were restored and new stadiums, stables, arenas, stadiums, veterinary clinics, administrative buildings and hotels were built.
"The Luzhniki Olympic Complex has become a symbol of large-scale innovation," says Sergei Sobyanin. "Having become one of the city's largest markets at the turn of the century, this area has regained its status as the sports capital of Moscow.
The stadium here was renovated for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Then the Druzhba multi-purpose sports hall was reconstructed, the Khrustalny Ice Palace, the Palace of Water Sports and the Tennis Palace were built from scratch. A bike path and a running track were built on Luzhnetskaya Embankment, and a sports ground was equipped. A cable car was launched on Vorobyovy Gory, and a ski resort with ski jumps and a snowboard park was opened.
1. Updating sports infrastructure. In the future, more than 150 sports complexes will be renovated in Moscow. To date, work has already been completed at several locations. These are the Triumph sports complex in Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo, the Moscow-98 training and sports center in Yasenevo, the SKIF sports complex in Golyanovo, and the Moscow Unified Sports School of the Olympic Reserve. Vostok in the village of Vostochny.
2. Modernization of historical artifacts. The reconstruction of Luzhniki continues. There will be a table tennis court, a beach sports center, a shooting range, and a year-round open heating complex. The Spartak Hockey Club Sports Palace will be restored here, where it is planned to build two ice rinks (with a capacity of 12,000 and 1,500 spectators) and a hall for training, recreation, and rehabilitation of athletes.
In Krylatskoye, the authorities will repair the Olympic bike path, develop a seaside resort and improve the embankment of the Grebnoy Canal. They will reconstruct the Molniya stadium in the Dmitrovsky district, the Lokomotiv stadium in Lublin and the Avtomobilist stadium in the Savelovsky district. After opening, the Olympic sports complex will have a 1 km running track, a water park, 15 swimming pools and a gym.
- The plans also include the revival of the central Moscow stadium. This is the oldest game stadium in Russia and the first in the world. We will preserve its historical features," promised Sergei Sobyanin. - And we will have one of the best equestrian sports complexes in the world.
It will accommodate more than a thousand horses. And Muscovites will have another public place where it is interesting and pleasant to come with the whole family.
3. Construction of new sports facilities. The Moscow government is attracting private investment in these projects. By 2030, they plan to build a total of 500 new sports complexes in major cities and are estimated to receive 75% of the funding for this from investors. In the future, the Alexander Ovechkin International Hockey Academy will open in Mnevnikovskaya Poima, the Vyshka sports complex will open in Moskvorechye-Saburovo, and a training base for the Russian Basketball Federation national team, CSKA, will open in Kokoshkino. A multifunctional sports complex will be opened. It is planned. Opened on Leningradsky Prospekt, etc.
4. Expanding the scope of application. To attract more Muscovites to sports, the authorities plan to introduce new disciplines, increase the number of places and instructors. The projects "My Sports District", "GTO in Parks" and "Sports Weekends" will be more widespread. And for independent training, a QR code will be placed in the gym, which will take you to video instructions with explanations on how to properly use this or that exercise machine. On the same page of the "60 Second Show" project, videos of exercises by professional trainers are posted. The number of QR codes and recorded training videos will also increase.
5. Development of city mass events. "Russian Ski Track", "Moscow Marathon", "Track and Field" and similar competitions are gaining momentum from year to year, the number of participants is increasing, and the authorities plan to make every effort to support this trend. At the same time, support was promised for school, student and corporate sports, as well as everything new and interesting. In particular, new street basketball or street basketball tournaments may appear in the capital.
“We believe that by 2030, accessible mass sports will become Moscow’s calling card and will contribute to the well-being and healthy life of our city’s residents,” Sergei Sobyanin summed up.