Palace of Sports, Kiev

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Palace of Sports Kiev
The Kyiv Palace of Sports in 2009
Location	Kiev, Ukraine
Coordinates	50°26′14″N 30°31′20″E / 50.43722°N 30.52222°E / 50.43722; 30.52222Coordinates: 50°26′14″N 30°31′20″E / 50.43722°N 30.52222°E / 50.43722; 30.52222
Opened	1960
Renovated	1982, 2011
Owner	Kyivskyi Palats Sportu CJSC
Surface	floor/ice variable
Architect	M.Hrechyna, O. Zavarov
Capacity	Concerts: 10,000 Sport: 7,000

The Kiev Palace of Sports (Ukrainian: Київський Палац Спорту, Kyivskyi Palats Sportu) is a sport-concert complex situated in the center of Kiev, Ukraine. The complex is an independent state enterprise.

It was built in 1960, to design of Mykhailo Hrechyna and Oleksiy Zavarov, as a major indoor sports arena.

Architecture: Constructivism Architecture, an artistic movement sporting mostly simple geometric forms.

Capacity: 10,000 people for both the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final and final in 2005. Additionally 2,000 press delegates were catered for.

The venue hosts indoor sports games, concerts, major exhibitions and trade fairs.

In 2005, it hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, which required the facilities to be brought up to the standard, required by the European Broadcasting Union. Also, the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in the venue. The Sports Palace is also a popular venue for concerts, having been the venue for Backstreet Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears on september 27, 2011 as part of her Femme Fatale Tour, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, A-ha, Jamiriquai, Jean Michel Jarre, Moby, Muse, Placebo, Limp Bizkit, The Rasmus, Christina Aguilera, Anastacia, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Rea, Lara Fabian, Depeche Mode, Sting, Marilyn Manson and others.

Public transport connections [edit]

The Palats Sportu Metro station ( Syretsko-Pecherska Line) is situated immediately next to the venue's entrance. There are also trolleybus, bus and marshrutka stops in the vicinity.

External links [edit]

Official website (Ukrainian)
Kiev adventure sporting activities

Preceded by Abdi İpekçi Arena Istanbul	Eurovision Song Contest Venue 2005	Succeeded by Olympic Indoor Hall Athens

Eurovision Song Contest

Countries

Active	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom

Inactive	Andorra Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic Luxembourg Monaco Morocco Poland Portugal Slovakia Turkey

Former	Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia

Unsuccessful attempts	Kosovo Lebanon Liechtenstein Soviet Union Tunisia Qatar

Contests

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Host cities

1950s	Lugano Frankfurt Hilversum Cannes

1960s	London Cannes Luxembourg London Copenhagen Naples Luxembourg Vienna London Madrid

1970s	Amsterdam Dublin Edinburgh Luxembourg Brighton Stockholm The Hague London Paris Jerusalem

1980s	The Hague Dublin Harrogate Munich Luxembourg Gothenburg Bergen Brussels Dublin Lausanne

1990s	Zagreb Rome Malmö Millstreet Dublin Dublin Oslo Dublin Birmingham Jerusalem

2000s	Stockholm Copenhagen Tallinn Riga Istanbul Kiev Athens Helsinki Belgrade Moscow

2010s	Oslo Düsseldorf Baku Malmö

Venues

1950s	Teatro Kursaal Großer Sendesaal des hessischen Rundfunks AVRO Studio Palais des Festivals

1960s	Royal Festival Hall Palais des Festivals Villa Louvigny BBC Television Centre Tivoli Gardens RAI Concert Hall Villa Louvigny Hofburg Palace Royal Albert Hall Teatro Real

1970s	RAI Congrescentrum Gaiety Theatre Usher Hall Grand Théâtre Brighton Dome Stockholm International Fairs Nederlands Congrescentrum Wembley Conference Centre Palais des Congrès International Convention Center

1980s	Nederlands Congrescentrum RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion Harrogate International Centre Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle Grand Théâtre Scandinavium Grieg Hall Centenary Palace RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion Palais de Beaulieu

1990s	Koncertna dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski Studio 15 di Cinecittà Malmö Isstadion Green Glens Arena Point Theatre Point Theatre Oslo Spektrum Point Theatre National Indoor Arena International Convention Center

2000s	Ericsson Globe Parken Stadium Saku Suurhall Arena Skonto Hall Abdi İpekçi Arena Palace of Sports Olympic Indoor Hall Hartwall Areena Belgrade Arena Olimpiisky Indoor Arena

2010s	Telenor Arena Esprit Arena Baku Crystal Hall Malmö Arena

Congratulations: 50 Years of Eurovision	Forum Copenhagen