OREANDA-NEWS. April 03, 2013. Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Vilkul held offsite meeting on the Kharkiv’s preparations for the European Championship in basketball in 2015. Thanks to the Eurobasket 2015 investments in sports development will be involved in the Kharkiv Region, it also will be created new opportunities for international competitions, major cultural events.

This will encourage young people to take up sport, especially children. In addition, the funds will be used for road maintenance and provision of urban amenities. Oleksandr Vilkul checked the progress of the preparatory work for construction of multipurpose arena and universal training complex.

"The Government creates new opportunities for the development of the Kharkiv Region. In particular, due to the support of the state the Kharkiv get modern multifunction arena for hosting Eurobasket 2015, where we can hold competitions with more than 100 sports, as well as large-scale exhibitions and concerts. Sports training complex will be built in the city and, where the training will take place in basketball, volleyball, handball, tennis and other sports. On the base of this complex children and youth sports school will be created after the championship. It will be a powerful impetus for the development of sport and  the basis for the preparation of future champions who glorify Kharkiv and Ukraine," Oleksandr Vilkul said.

As the Director of City Planning and Architecture of Kharkiv Regional State Administration Mykhailo Rabinovich reported vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Kharkiv City Council has allocated land for the construction of multipurpose arena and Training Center. Land plot selected based on existing infrastructure; there is Sports Palace, developed transport network of public transport and several nearby hotels near this land plot.

New Kharkiv-Arena multifunctional complex during basketball games is designed for 6000 seats, ice hockey games for 5000 seats, large-scale concerts - 7000 seats.