The Yerevan Circus, built over six years, will be put into operation in a year, becoming one of the most important cultural sights of Armenian capital. “The construction of the circus is difficult, because the building shape is round, and in this sense, it has its own features. A little more time and we’ll have a luxurious and modernized circus building. Finally, the actors will work under normal conditions, as they have been working in a building that has no basic conditions for many years”, says the art director of the circus Sos Petrosyan. The round shaped old building of the circus was built in 1962 on the site of the first wooden circus building of Yerevan. More than 50 years old building which was not repaired after its opening, was demolished in 2011, when experts concluded that it was inadvisable to repair it. The architect of the project is Vahagn Vermishyan. The construction is financed by Tashir Group. The roof of the former building was only 17 meters, which made it impossible to show most acrobatic tricks. Now the roof has a height of 27 meters, which will allow to show all modern tricks. Former building occupied 3000-3500 square meters, now it is more by 1000 square meters. Instead of old four-story building, the new one has 8 floors, two of which will serve as an underground parking. By the way, it is the only circus in the world that has underground parking. Instead of the previous 1560 seats, now the circus will have 2000 to 2500 seats, as well as three changeable arenas. The new building also will be fully equipped for wheelchair users.

As reported news.am, Yerevan Circus art-director Sos Petrosyan announced, that the circus building restoration will be completed in October 2014, a year later than the scheduled date. The Armenian circus restoration began in September 2011 and would be completed in October 2013. According to Mr. Petrosyan, construction delays are associated with design changes, and as a result, restoration plan changes into new construction. The new building will have two-story parking, and the "riding arena" will rise by 6 meters higher. In this regard, the circus building roof also needs to be raised to 6 meters higher. Subsequently, the building designers decided to demolish the old building and to build the new one. The new circus building differs from the old one by height, seats will be increased by 500, the underground floor and 3 arenas will be added, and so on. According to preliminary data the restoration budget was US$ 10 million, but the new construction will double the budget. The Yerevan Circus old building was built in 1962 and never has been renovated.

Reconstruction works in Yerevan circus will begin on August 1, said the circus director Hovhannes Gasparyan during press conference on July 24. He also added, that the whole repair budget will cost US$ 10 million. During a 2-year reconstruction it's planned to completely renovate circus building, install modern ventilation and heating systems, build a separate housing for the animals. It is also planned to upgrade the technical base of the circus and to increase sound and voice capabilities. The final performance of old circus will be held on July 31. Back in April, Yerevan mayor Karen Karapetyan signed an agreement with director of "Tashir Group" Samvel Karapetyan, for US$ 8 million investment in circus reconstruction. During latest press conference art director of circus Sos Petrosyan confirmed, that "Tashir Group" provided US$ 6 million for circus reconstruction. Yerevan circus was built in 1962, and this is the first renovation. The administration of the circus has not provided any information who will act as general contractor of reconstruction.