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of the city. Initially it was an outdoor skating rink, roofed in 1973 during the preparations for the

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. The capacity of the arena is 5,000. The Sokolniki Sports Palace was a venue of handball tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics. It is the home arena of the

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team.

Tragedy

On March 10, 1975, at a friendly match between Soviet and Canadian youth hockey teams at the Sokolniki Arena, at least 20 people were killed in a stampede after the lights went out.Lev Ivanov,
Удавили за жвачку
" ''Svobodnaya pressa'', Jan. 6, 2011. (N.b.: David Goldblatt, in various books, e.g., ''The Ball Is Round'' and ''World Soccer Yearbook 2003-2004'', has erroneously claimed this happened at a soccer game in 1985. Canadian players have got contract, that they have to give Russian kids Canadian gum, they got 24 kilos of gum. After the match, Canadians were giving those gum, which is the reason of crowding of the people: People were running while watching at gum only, some of them died because of crowding.)

Notes

References

1980 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 114–7.

External links

Official website of the Sokolniki Sports Palace
Kontinental Hockey League venues Indoor arenas built in the Soviet Union Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia Indoor arenas in Russia Handball venues in Russia HC Spartak Moscow Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball venues {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub