PrivatBank puts Dnipro Arena up for auction at UAH 150 million
Dnipro Arena (Photo: EPA/Roman Pylypey)

PrivatBank has listed the Dnipro Arena stadium and the former training ground of FC Dnipro for sale on Prozorro.Sale, with a starting price of UAH 150 million, the bank announced. The auction is scheduled for October 30, 2025.

Built in 2008, Dnipro Arena meets UEFA standards for international matches and has a capacity of 31,000 spectators. The 105×68 meter pitch is equipped with heating, an automatic irrigation system, and floodlights for evening games. The stadium also features a 550-seat restaurant, professional locker rooms, training and fitness facilities, media and referee areas, as well as parking for 19 buses and 326 cars.

The training ground, located in the forested Prydniprovsk residential district of Dnipro, was renovated in 2010. It includes four natural-grass pitches, 17 cottages for players, a three-story dormitory with 47 rooms, two medical and rehabilitation centers, a conference hall, classrooms, a restaurant, gym, swimming pool, sauna, and staff housing. Two ponds are also located on the premises.

Dnipro Arena previously belonged to businessman Ihor Kolomoisky. PrivatBank took ownership after the stadium was used as collateral for loans by the bank’s former shareholders. Following the bank’s nationalization in 2016, the property was transferred to the state.

Until 2019, the stadium served as the home ground of FC Dnipro, which was dissolved after Kolomoisky stopped financing it. It was later used by SC Dnipro-1 until 2024, when the club suspended operations due to financial difficulties.

The sale follows similar cases in Ukraine:

  • In December 2020, Sumy’s Yuvileinyi Stadium, with a capacity of nearly 26,000, was sold on SETAM for UAH 8.1 million, despite an estimated market value of about UAH 400 million.
  • In May 2020, the Deposit Guarantee Fund sold Odesa’s Chornomorets Stadium for UAH 193 million, following the bankruptcy of Imexbank.
  • In February 2022, Avangard Stadium in Kakhovka (capacity 1,660) was auctioned for UAH 6 million, but the sale was halted after the outbreak of Russia’s full-scale invasion.