The Ice Palace is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose

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Cherepovets Cherepovets ( rus, Череповец, p=tɕɪrʲɪpɐˈvʲɛts) is a city in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the west of the oblast on the banks of the Sheksna River (a tributary of the Volga River) and on the shores of the Rybinsk Reservoir. ...

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. It was opened in 2007. It replaced

Sports-Concert Hall Almaz Sports-Concert Hall Almaz is an indoor sporting arena located in Cherepovets, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 3,500. It is the former home arena of the Severstal Cherepovets ice hockey team, which has since moved to the Ice Palace An ice ...

as the home of Russian ice hockey team

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History

The decision to build a new ice arena was made in 2003. It was first announced by the governor of the Vologda Region Vyacheslav Pozgalev at the opening of the hockey season on September 12, 2003 after

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's victory over

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. April 8, 2005 Vyacheslav Pozgalev took part in the ceremony of laying the first stone. The palace was built by

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, which has previously been involved in the construction of ice sports complexes in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and

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. At first, the sports complex was supposed to be called "Olympic", but this name was not liked by many Cherepovets and the International Olympic Committee. On November 4, 2006, on the Day of the City of Cherepovets, the Ice Palace received its first visitors. Honored Master of Sports

Vladislav Tretyak Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, MSM ( rus, links=no, Владислав Александрович Третьяк, p=trʲɪˈtʲjak; born 25 April 1952) is a Russian former goaltender for the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. Considered ...

, President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation Vladimir Loginov were guests of honor at the opening ceremony. Olympic champions in figure skating Tatyana Navka and Roman Kostomarov took part in the gala concert. The first hockey match at the new arena took place on November 15, 2006 between the teams

and

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and ended with a score of 5:3 in favor of the hosts.

List of Celebrities Venues in Arena

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Lesopoval Lesopoval (russian: Лесопова́л , translated as "tree felling" or "logging camp", a symbol of Siberian labor camps and also of the forced labor within the camps) is a Russian band formed in 1990 by Mikhail Tanich and Sergey Korzhukov. The ...

Mikhail Shufutinsky Mikhail Zakharovich Shufutinsky (russian: Михаи́л Заха́рович Шуфути́нский; born 13 April 1948) is a Russian pop singer. He was once a citizen of the United States from 1990 to 2003, but now lives in Russia. He is curr ...

Igor Nikolayev Igor Yuryevich Nikolayev (russian: link=no, И́горь Ю́рьевич Никола́ев; born 17 January 1960) is a Russian composer, singer and song-writer. Biography Nikolayev was born in Kholmsk, Sakhalin Oblast, into the family of Sak ...

Lyube Lyube ( rus, Любэ́, p=lʲʉˈbɛ) is a Russian rock band from Lyubertsy, a city in Moscow Oblast. Lyube's music is a mixture of several genres, with influences from both Russian folk music, rock, Russian chanson, and Soviet military songs ...

* Edwin Marton *

Vladimir Kuzmin Vladimir Borisovich Kuzmin (russian: Влади́мир Борисович Кузьмин born 31 May 1955) is a Russian rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Biography Kuzmin is the son of Boris Kuzmin, a naval officer, and Natalya Kuzmin ...

* Lera Masskva * Korni band * band Fabrika *

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* Sergey Minayev *

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* Eros Band *

Alexander Buinov Alexander Nikolaevich Buinov (russian: Александр Николаевич Буйнов, born 24 March 1950) is a Russian singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He is best known for his tenure with Vesyolye Rebyata between 1973 and 1989, before ...

Nikolai Noskov Nikolai Ivanovich Noskov (russian: Николай Иванович Носков) is a Russian singer and former vocalist of the hard rock band Gorky Park (between 1987–1990). Five-time winner of the ''Golden Gramophone''. He was also a member o ...

* band Bi-2 *

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* band Mirage * Technology band * Morandi * Accent * group

Zolotoe_Koltso Golden Ring (russian: Золотое кольцо, transliteration: ') is a Russian folk-pop group, founded 1988 in Moscow by Alexander Kostyuk and Nadezhda Kadysheva. The name of the group refers to the Golden Ring of Russia The Golden Ring ...

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* Stas Mikhailov *

Grigory Leps Grigory Viktorovich Lepsveridze (russian: link=no, Григо́рий Ви́кторович Лепсверидзе, ka, გრიგორი ვიქტორის ძე ლეფსვერიძე), known as Grigory Leps (born 16 July ...

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* Group DDT * Philip Kirkorov * Group "Leningrad"

External links

Official website of Ice Palace

Photos of new arena

Source

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