President visited new roofed ice stadium in Atyrau
RAU. October 1. KAZINFORM /Adnrey Sokolov/ Today within the working visit to Atyrau oblast Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbvayev has surveyed new roofed ice stadium in Atyrau. The facility was put into operation in June 2009.
This is the first ice palace in West Kazakhstan. The total area of the facility is 6, 000 sq m. the width of the ice ring is 30 m, its length is 60 m.
"Construction of sports facilities, propaganda of sport is one of priority directions of the sate policy. Today Atyrau gives special attention to this sphere. We have erected several modern sports facilities in the region. Our sportsmen, wrestlers and boxers have won at the international championships in Europe and Asia and our oblast received its first Olympic medal", Bergey Ryskaliyev, akim of the oblast informed the President.
The project amounting to KZT 1bln 707 mln 800 thousand was financed from the regional budget. About 100 people were involved in building work. A stationary stand of the stadium contains 800 visitors.