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The Palace of Sports ( uk, Палац Спорту, ''Palats Sportu'') is an indoor sport-concert complex situated in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine. The complex is an independent state enterprise.


History

It was built between 1958 and 1960, to design of
Mykhailo Hrechyna Mykhailo Hnatovych Hrechyna ( uk, Миха́йло Гна́тович Гречи́на; April 2, 1902 – June 21, 1979), a Soviet architect from Ukraine, recipient of the Ukrainian State Prize (1982). Biography Mykhailo Hrechyna was born in the ...
and Oleksiy Zavarov, as a major indoor sports arena and was opened on 9 December 1960. Constructivism Architecture, an artistic movement sporting mostly simple geometric forms was used in the design. In the first 50 years, the Sports Palace was the venue for 16 world championships, 28 European championships, 42 championships of the USSR and more than 4,000 concerts and theatre shows as stage performances. In addition, there were around 400 exhibitions and fairs. The events attracted more than 24 million visitors.


Renovations

In 1980–1982, the Palace of Sport was reconstructed (by the Kyivproject Institute and the Kuiv Zonal Scientific Research Institute for Experimental Design). The lighting and technical facilities were almost completely modernized, the interiors and halls were expanded and otherwise illuminated, the palace was equipped with numerous changing rooms and sideboards. The Palace of Sports was confirmed by officials as the host venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in September 2004. However, in order to host the contest, the facilities had been brought up to the standard required by the
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(EBU). At the end of December 2004, work began on the renovation of the hall, for which approximately 4 million francs were allocated. Renovation works were to be finished by 20 April, however, they were completed at the beginning of May. The arena could accommodate over 5,000 seated spectators. Additionally 2,000 press delegates were catered for. A further reconstruction took place from October 2010 in preparation to host matches for the
2011 IIHF World Championship Division I The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Budapest, Hungary, and Group B was contested in Kyiv, Ukraine, with both tournaments ...
. As part of the reconstruction, the backstage space was completely re-equipped, six sports locker rooms were installed, the hall lighting was modernized, and the ventilation, air-conditioning, heating and fire safety systems were completely replaced. In addition, a modern quadrilateral display appeared above the arena. In the stands, plastic seats were installed in the colors of the national flag: the total number of seats is 6,900 for sporting events, increased to 9,800 when in concert-mode.


Events

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


Sport

The hall hosts ice hockey, basketball and boxing competitions. The home teams have included the ice hockey club Sokil Kyiv and the basketball clubs
BC Kyiv BC Kyiv ( uk, БК "Київ") was a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club's home court for Ukrainian domestic league matches was the Meridian Sports Complex, which has a seating capacity of 1,500. Large attendance games an ...
and
BC Budivelnyk BC Budivelnyk Kyiv (in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Будівельник Київ) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In June 2018, it was forced to withdr ...
. Major sporting events to be held at the arena include the 2012 Professional Hockey League All-Star Game,
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and
2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships The 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from August 28 to September 1, 2013 at the Palace of Sports. Yana Kudryavtseva of the Russian Federation became the youngest individual world all-around champion in rh ...
.


Eurovision

It hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, which required the facilities to be brought up to the standard stipulated by the
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. Four years later, the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was scheduled for 21 November 2009. 13 countries were confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (E ...
was hosted in the venue. It is one of the two venues to have hosted both the junior and adult versions of the song contest (The other being Rotterdam Ahoy which hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2021).


Concerts

The Sports Palace is also a popular venue for concerts, having been the venue for Didier Marouani and Space on 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 of July 1983, Ace of Base, Backstreet Boys,
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and others.


Business

The Sports Palace hosts annual
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events, such as: Megatraining, Dream Big Forum, Big Money Forum, Business Concentrate, and Online Business Laboratory.


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External links

* {{Authority control Sports venues completed in 1960 Indoor arenas in Ukraine Indoor arenas built in the Soviet Union Ice hockey venues in Ukraine Sports venues in Kyiv Pecherskyi District 1960 establishments in Ukraine Concert halls in Ukraine