CSKA Ice Palace (russian: Ледовый Дворец Спорта ЦСКА) is an
indoor arena
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that is located in
Moscow
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,
Russia
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. The arena's current seating capacity is 5,600. The arena is located next to
Khodynka Field
Khodynka Field (russian: Ходынское поле, ''Khodynskoye pole'') is a large open space in the north-west of Moscow, at the beginning of the present day Leningradsky Prospect. It takes its name from the small Khodynka River which used t ...
, and is a part of the
CSKA Sports Complex
The CSKA Sports Complex is an Olympic Village that is part of CSKA Moscow and was prepared to the 1980 Summer Olympics. It is located right next to a military air field.
Its athletics fieldhouse hosted the wrestling competitions while its football ...
. It is primarily used to host
ice hockey
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games and
figure skating
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competitions.
History
Originally built in 1964, CSKA Ice Palace was heavily renovated and expanded in 1991, and expanded again in 2006. It has been used as the long-time home arena for the
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
games of
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...
.
External links
CSKA Ice Palace at HC CSKA Moscow official siteInfo on the arena peski.ru
sports.ru
Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
Sports venues in Moscow
HC CSKA Moscow
Sports venues built in the Soviet Union
Sports venues completed in 1964
Sports venues completed in 1991
Kontinental Hockey League venues
1964 establishments in the Soviet Union
CSKA Moscow
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