Hockey Club “Sochi”

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One of the cool things that resulted in hosting the Winter Olympics was the creation of the professional ice hockey team in Sochi, which will immediately start participation in the upcoming KHL season.

The name of the club is “Sochi Leopards” or the HC “Sochi”. Currently there’s very little information about it. There’s an official website, which is offline at the time of writing, and official VKontakte group (Russia’s biggest social network) with very limited info, and KHL’s website has not been updated for the new season yet.

But the great news is that we have a team, the world-class stadium, and since I’m a hockey fan I’m pretty excited that my home town now has a pro hockey team.

Formula 1 tickets sales start May 30

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45000 Formula 1 tickets will go on sale May 30, 2014 at sochiautodrom.ru!

  • 8000 tickets on the main stands
  • 7000 tickets in general access zone near “Bolshoi” ice dome
  • 3000+ tickets in VIP zone
  • 5000 paddock club tickets
  • Tickets to temporary stands which can receive 23000 spectators
  • General access tickets price will be around 50 euros (5000 rubbles) and will be be valid for all three days of the competitions.

Greeks in Sochi

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Don’t be surprised to see many Greek business names, Greek cousine restaurants, or even meet locals who can speak Greek when you visit Sochi. Especially in Krasnaya Polyana (mountain cluster venues), which was founded by Greek settelers. Sochi, and whole coast of the Black Sea, has very close historical ties to Greece.

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A house in Krasnaya Polyana with roof painted as flag of Greece.

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Souvlaki is a national Greek food. Its very popular in Sochi, but you won’t normally find it in other Russian cities.

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Even McDonalds added Greek sandwitch to their menu in Krasnaya Polyana – Pita Greek.

Olympic ticket sales

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Ticket sales to the Olympics games in Sochi will resume October 10, 2013 at 12pm Moscow time — that is 4am in NYC, 9am in London, and 4pm in Beijing.

Official ticketing website is tickets.sochi2014.com. You can purchase tickets only with VISA cards.

In case of online purchase, you’ll have to print out confirmation, and exchange it for real tickets in one of the ticket-distribution centers. List of these centers will be published later.

Vancouver Olympics tickets (c) VancityAllie @ Flickr

Paralympics ticket sales

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As Ice Sledge Hockey Tournament in Sochi come to an end  (congrads Team Canada for winning the Gold!), it has been announced that tickets to the Paralympic Games in Sochi will go on sale this month, on September 27.

You can read more about the Paralympic events in Sochi on the official website.

Tickets will be available at the tickets.sochi2014.com website.


Ice Sledge Hockey Tournament in Sochi, (c) Sochi2014