Luzhniki Palace of Sports

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, formerly the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium, is a sports arena in Moscow, Russia, a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex. Built in 1956, it originally had a spectator capacity of 13,700. In the past it was the host site of the world and European championships in ice hockey, gymnastics, volleyball, basketball, boxing, skateboarding and other sports.

Luzhniki Palace of Sports
Former namesPalace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium (1956–1992)
LocationKhamovniki District, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates55.722440°N 37.547525°E / 55.722440; 37.547525
Public transit#1 Sokolnicheskaya line Sportivnaya
#14 Moscow Central Circle Luzhniki
Capacity11,500 (formerly 13,700)
Construction
Opened1956
Renovated2002
Tenants
HC Dynamo Moscow (until 2000)
Website
www.luzhniki.ru

It hosted several games during the 1972 Summit Series tournament between the Soviet Union and Canada and was a venue for gymnastics and judo events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

In 2002, the arena experienced a major reconstruction and the seating capacity was lowered to 11,500. The arena subsequently hosted the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships. It was primarily used for ice hockey as the home arena for HC Dynamo Moscow until the year 2000,[2] in which the club moved to Luzhniki Small Sports Arena.[2]

Notable sporting events

Notable concerts

See also

References

  1. 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 58–60.
  2. Стадион Archived 2009-05-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  3. History of the palace of the sport Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine(in Russian)

Media related to Luzhniki Palace of Sports at Wikimedia Commons

Events and tenants
Preceded by Ice Hockey World Championships
Venue

1957
1973
1979
1986
Succeeded by
Unknown venue, Oslo
Unknown venue, Helsinki
Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Unknown venue, Vienna
Preceded by Eurobasket
Final venue

1965
Succeeded by
Preceded by UEFA Futsal Championship
Final Venue

2001
Succeeded by


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