Humo Ice Dome
The Ice Dome Tashkent (, full name — , ) is a multifunctional indoor arena located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. History. The construction of first indoor professional Ice Palace in Tashkent was started in February 2017. According project documentation the arena has 12,500 capacity. The arena according to the designers, the project is described as resembling the shape of the Humo bird, a symbol of happiness and freedom. The sidewalks of the whole complex will be designed to form the wings of Humo. The arena is planned to be commissioned in March 2019. The opening ceremony of ice dome took place on  15 March 2019. Structure and facilities. Ice Dome with area of 74 thousand square meters will have 2 complexes: training and the main arena. The rink of main arena will be 30x60 meters and planned to be used for ice-hockey matches. Indoor arena can be used for other sports such basketball, volleyball, handball, futsal etc. In concert configuration palace will hold 10,000 spectators. The Humo multifunctional complex also includes sporting museum, gyms, catering service facilities, fitness centre and 4 level parking lot. Future uses. In March 2019, after the opening of Humo Arena, Binokor Tashkent would host home games  of Uzbekistan Hockey League. Kontinental Hockey League was interested in having several games held there in 2019/20 season for attracting viewers and potential expansion in Uzbekistan. Binokor Tashkent reportedly had a pathway of entering KHL via competing in second tier league VHL by 2020 at the earliest. It is planned that after the opening of the Humo Arena, it will host home matches for Binokor in the VHL and KHL. On 31 May 2019 it was announced that Humo Tashkent would be joining the VHL for the 2019-20 season and not Binokor Tashkent as originally assumed. Humo will play  their home games out of the Humo Ice Dome. The Humo Arena complex will be one of the proposed venues in bidding for the 2030 Asian Games.