Moving lights and DigitalSpots from Robe Lighting have been installed at the new Minsk Arena in the Belarus capital.

It is part of a complex of buildings that includes the flagship 15,000 seater ice hockey arena, one of the largest in Europe, which is also used as a concert hall. This is the first installation for the DigitalSpot 7000DT series in Belarus. The fixtures were specified by Robe's Belarus distributor Art Ramos - also a technical design & build specialist - to the installers as part of a government contract.

Main contractor Belcultproject was responsible for supplying the products to the venue. Many top bands and live artists have played Minsk Arena already, including Linkin' Park, Rammstein, Elton John, Sting and others, while the venue hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 at the end of last year.

The DigitalSpots are also used for all the pre-game shows hosted by local ice hockey team, Dinamo Minsk, in the Kontinental Hockey League. During the games, they are positioned about 16m above the ice. The pitch is the standard European size of 58m x 30m.