Megasport Sport Palace

Megasport Sport Palace[2] (Russian: Дворец спорта "Мегаспорт" Dvorets sporta Megasport), formerly Khodynka Arena or Ice Sport Palace, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Moscow, Russia. The arena is situated in the Khodynka Field and has a maximum seating capacity of 13,926 people.[3] Opened in 2006, the arena is primarily used to host basketball and ice hockey games.

Megasport Sport Palace
Дворец спорта МЕГАСПОРТ
Exterior of venue (c. 2018)
Full nameSport Palace "Megasport" n.a. A.V. Tarasov
Former namesIce Palace on Khodynka Field (planning/construction)
Khodynka Arena (2006–2007)
AddressBulvar Khodynskiy 3
Moscow 125252 Russia
LocationKhoroshyovsky District
Coordinates55°47′12″N 37°32′25″E
Public transit#7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line Polezhayevskaya
#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Dinamo
#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Aeroport
#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line CSKA
OwnerGovernment of Moscow
OperatorMoscomsport
Capacity16,000
Detailed capacity[1]
  • Hockey: 12,228
  • Basketball: 12,824
  • Football: 12,228
  • Boxing: 13,998
  • Tennis: 13,998
  • Ice Show 1: 7,764
  • Ice Show 2: 6,336
  • Concert 1: 15,214
  • Concert 2: 12,069
  • Concert 3: 16,500
  • Forum 1: 11,214
  • Forum 2: 2,500
Construction
Broke ground2 November 2005 (2005-11-02)
Opened15 December 2006 (2006-12-15)
Renovated
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2019
Construction costRuble ₽2.7 billion
ArchitectAndrey Bokov
Tenants
PBC CSKA Moscow (2016–present)
HC Spartak Moscow (2021–present)
Website
Venue Website

History
Interior of the arena during a basketball match in February 2018

Megasport Sport Palace was completed in December 2006.[4][5] It was one of the arenas that hosted the 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, and hosted multiple editions of the Channel One Cup.

On 23 January 2008, CSKA Moscow hosted a EuroLeague regular season game against TAU Cerámica in the arena, in front of a near sellout 13,000 attendance crowd.[6] In 2016, the arena became the home arena of the CSKA Moscow basketball club for EuroLeague games. The venue hosted the Sultan Ibragimov vs. Evander Holyfield heavyweight boxing fight on October 13, 2007. Russian cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev fought at the arena 2011 and twice in 2016, the latter time versus Murat Gassiev. The venue also hosted the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships.

The arena hosted was the 2006–07 CEV Champions League Final four,[7] in which Tours VB won the title, after defeating VfB Friedrichshafen.[8] In November 2008, the Cup of Russia figure skating competition was held at the arena.[9] The 2011 Fed Cup tennis match between Russia and Italy and the 2012 Fed Cup tennis match between Russia and Serbia were held at the arena.

The Legends Cup (Russia) mini-soccer tournament was held at the arena from 2009 to 2012 and from 2017 to 2018. On March 24, 2011, the International Skating Union (ISU) relocated the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships to the Megasport Arena, in Moscow.[10] This decision followed the cancellation of the championships in Tokyo, Japan, due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The championships were staged from April 24 to May 1, 2011. The 2011 European Curling Championships were also hosted at the arena, in December 2011. In June 2021 KHL’s Spartak Moscow announced their plans to move into Megasport for the upcoming season.

See also

References
  1. "Megasport" (PDF). Official Website of Megasport Moscow. February 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. "Дворец спорта "Мегаспорт" |". Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  3. Eurosport, "article" Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Eurosport, April 5, 2007.
  4. Sport-Express, "article" Archived January 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Sport-Express, December 15, 2006.
  5. Sport-Express, "article", Sport-Express, December 1, 2006.
  6. Euroleague.net Archived December 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, GAME REPORT CSKA Moscow 70 -62 Tau Ceramica Archived August 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, January 23, 2008
  7. Визитка Archived 2016-09-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  8. 2006/2007 European Cups - RESULTS INDESIT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEN - 2006/2007 - Final Four in MOSCOW (RUS) on 31/03 & 01/04/2007 Final Match 1/2 - Match F-004
  9. "Cup of Russia figure skating Grand Prix" (in Russian). Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  10. "Moscow to host of Figure Skating World Championships". BBC News. March 24, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
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Events and tenants
Preceded by CEV Champions League
Final Venue
2007		 Succeeded by
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