Luzhniki Palace of Sports
# Luzhniki Palace of Sports

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, formerly the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium, is a sports arena in Moscow, Russia, a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex. Built in 1956, it originally had a spectator capacity of 13,700. In the past it was the host site of the world and European championships in ice hockey, gymnastics, volleyball, basketball, boxing, skateboarding and other sports.

It hosted several games during the 1972 Summit Series tournament between the Soviet Union and Canada and was a venue for gymnastics and judo events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

In 2002, the arena experienced a major reconstruction and the seating capacity was lowered to 11,500. The arena subsequently hosted the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships. It was primarily used for ice hockey as the home arena for HC Dynamo Moscow until the year 2000, in which the club moved to Luzhniki Small Sports Arena.

## Notable sporting events

* 1956, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, and 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
* EuroBasket 1965
* 1957, 1973, 1979, and 1986 Ice Hockey World Championships
* 1959 FIBA World Championship for Women
* 1986 Goodwill Games
* 1962 men's and women's Volleyball World Championships
* Games 5–8 of the 1972 Canada-USSR ice hockey Summit Series
* Games 5–8 of the 1974 series against Canada
* 2001 UEFA Futsal Championship
* 2005 World Figure Skating Championships

## Notable concerts

* Big Country – 1988
* Cannibal Corpse – 1993
* Scorpions – 1997
* Scooter – 2000
* Rammstein – 2001
* Judas Priest - 2005
* Kraftwerk – 2004
* Depeche Mode & The Bravery – 2006
* Muse – 2007
* Dream Theater, Nightwish – 2009
* Smokie – 2011
