Lokomotyv Sports Palace

Palace of Sports "Lokomotyv" (Ukrainian: Палац спорту «Локомотив») is an indoor arena in the eastern Ukrainian city Kharkiv. Rebuilt in 2004,[1][2] it has a seating capacity for 4,000 people.

Palace of sports Lokomotyv after Russian shelling, 2022-09-02 (03).

It is the home for the matches of the Ukrainian Fed Cup team,[1][3] volleyball[2] and it is also used for boxing matches.[4] The arena is the regular home venue of basketball club Kharkivski Sokoly, futsal team MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv[5] and Lokomotiv Kharkiv volleyball team.[2]

On 2 September 2022, the Palace was partially destroyed by Russian rocket strike.[6]

References
  1. SVITOLINA RETURNS AS UKRAINE AIMS FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT VICTORY, Fed Cup Official Website (11 February 2017)
  2. (in Russian)Новый Дворец спорта "Локомотив" будет сдан до 23 августа, proUA.com Харьков (July 27, 2004)
  3. UKRAINE IN CONTROL AFTER WINS FOR TSURENKO AND SVITOLINA, Fed Cup Official Website (11 February 2017)
  4. Fights at Lokomotiv Sports Palace, BritishBoxing.net
  5. МФК "Локомотив" Харьков (in Ukrainian)
  6. "Russians destroy Lokomotyv sports complex in Kharkiv with S-300 missiles". Ukrainska Pravda. 2022-09-02. Archived from the original on 2022-09-03.

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