Luzhniki Palace of Sports
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Luzhniki Palace of Sports, formerly Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium, is a Sports Palace (arena) in Moscow, Russia, a part of the Luzhniki Sports Complex. Built in 1956, it originally had the spectator capacity of 13,700. In the past it was a host for World and European championships in ice hockey, gymnastics, volleyball, basketball, boxing and other sports.
It hosted the 1972 Summit Series between the Soviet Union and Canada and was a venue for gymnastics and judo events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
In 2002 the arena experienced the main reconstruction and the seating capacity is now 11,500. The arena hosted the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships. Presently, it is primarily used for ice hockey, and was the home arena for HC Dynamo Moscow up until the year 2000,[1] in which the club moved to Minor Arena.[1]
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[edit] Notable sporting events
- 1956, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971 and 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[2]
- EuroBasket 1965[2]
- 1957, 1973, 1979 and 1986 Ice Hockey World Championships[2]
- 1959 FIBA World Championship for Women[2]
- 1986 Goodwill Games[2]
- 1962 mens' and women's Volleyball World Championship[2]
- Games 5-8 of the 1972 Canada-USSR ice hockey Summit Series[2]
[edit] Notable Concerts
- 2004 Kraftwerk
- 2007 Nine Inch Nails
- 2009 Limp Bizkit (as part of the "Unicorns 'N Rainbows" Tour)
- 2009 Dream Theater (as part of the "Black Cloud & Silver Linings" Tour)
- 2009 Nightwish ("Dark Passion Play" World Tour)
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Coordinates: 55°43′21″N 37°32′51″E / 55.722440°N 37.547525°E
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