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 names	Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium (1956–1992)
Location	Khamovniki District, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates	55.722440°N 37.547525°E / 55.722440; 37.547525
Public transit	Sportivnaya Luzhniki
Capacity	11,500 (formerly 13,700)
Construction
Opened	1956
Renovated	2002
Tenants
HC Dynamo Moscow (until 2000)
Website
www.luzhniki.ru

It hosted several games during the 1972 Summit Series ice hockey 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

• 1956, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, and 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR[3]
• EuroBasket 1965[3]
• 1957, 1973, 1979, and 1986 Ice Hockey World Championships[3]
• 1959 FIBA World Championship for Women[3]
• 1986 Goodwill Games[3]
• 1962 men's and women's Volleyball World Championships[3]
• Games 5–8 of the 1972 Canada-USSR ice hockey Summit Series[3]
• Games 5–8 of the 1974 series against Canada
• 2001 UEFA Futsal Championship

Notable concerts

• Big Country – 1988
• Cannibal Corpse – 1993
• Scorpions – 1997
• Scooter – 2000
• Rammstein – 2001
• Judas Priest - 2005
• Kraftwerk – 2004
• Depeche Mode & The Bravery – 2006
• Muse – 2007
• Ranetki Girls - 2008,2009
• Dream Theater, Nightwish – 2009
• Smokie – 2011

See also

• Luzhniki Olympic Complex

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)

External links

Media related to Luzhniki Palace of Sports at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

Events and tenants
Preceded by Unknown venue, Cortina Sportovní hala, Prague Sportovní hala, Prague Sportovní hala, Prague	Ice Hockey World Championships Venue 1957 1973 1979 1986	Succeeded by Unknown venue, Oslo Unknown venue, Helsinki Scandinavium, Gothenburg Unknown venue, Vienna
Preceded by Centennial Hall Wrocław	Eurobasket Final venue 1965	Succeeded by Helsinki Ice Hall Helsinki
Preceded by Palacio de Deportes Granada	UEFA Futsal Championship Final Venue 2001	Succeeded by PalaMaggiò Caserta