Megasport Arena

For other uses, see Khodynka (disambiguation).

Megasport Arena
Khodynka
Former names	Khodynka Arena (2006-2007)
Location	Khodynka avenue 3 Moscow 125252 , Russia
Coordinates	55°47′12″N 37°32′25″E / 55.78667°N 37.54028°E / 55.78667; 37.54028Coordinates: 55°47′12″N 37°32′25″E / 55.78667°N 37.54028°E / 55.78667; 37.54028
Broke ground	November 2, 2005
Opened	December 15, 2006
Capacity	Ice Hockey (14,126)[1] Gymnastics (13,726)[1] Tennis (14,126)[1] Basketball (14,126)[1] Boxing (15,726)[1]

Megasport Arena^[2] (formerly, Khodynka Arena or Ice Sport Palace on the Khodynka Field, Russian: Ледовый дворец спорта на Ходынском поле Translite Ledovy dvorets sporta na Khodynskom polye) is a multi-purpose arena in Moscow, Russia. The arena has a maximum capacity of 14,500 people.^[3]

It is situated in the Khodynka Field and was completed in December 2006.^[4][5]

It was one of the arenas to host the 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.

It also was the home of the Sultan Ibragimov vs. Evander Holyfield World Heavyweight Title Fight on October 13, 2007.

On 23 January 2008, CSKA Moscow hosted a Euroleague Regular season game against TAU Cerámica in the arena, in front of a near sellout 13,000 attendance crowd^[6].

In November 2008, the Cup of Russia figure skating competition was held there.^[7]

Another important event hosted at the arena was the 2006-07 CEV Champions League Final four^[8], in which Tours VB won the title after defeating VfB Friedrichshafen.^[9]

This arena was rumored to be the venue for the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in 2009, but instead the competition was held at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow.

On March 24, 2011, the International Skating Union (ISU) relocated the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships to the Megasport Arena in Moscow.^[10] This decision followed the cancellation of the championships in Tokyo, Japan due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The championships was staged from April 24 – May 1, 2011.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Варианты трансформации арены (Russian)
2. ^ "The order of the government of Moscow number 270" (in Russian). 2007-02-16. http://www.hockey-palace.ru/press/ofdoc/rasp1/. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 
3. ^ Eurosport, "article", Eurosport , April 5, 2007.
4. ^ Sport-Express, "article", Sport-Express , December 15, 2006.
5. ^ Sport-Express, "article", Sport-Express , December 1, 2006.
6. ^ Euroleague.net, GAME REPORT CSKA Moscow 70 -62 Tau Ceramica, January 23, 2008
7. ^ "Cup of Russia figure skating Grand Prix" (in Russian). http://news.mossport.ru/news_browse.asp?NewsID=54747&CatID=&SportID=28631&DistrictID=. Retrieved 2008-11-23. ^{[dead link]}
8. ^ Визитка (Russian)
9. ^ 2006/2007 European Cups - RESULTS INDESIT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEN - 2006/2007 - Final Four in MOSCOW (RUS) on 31/03 & 01/04/2007 Final Match 1/2 - Match F-004
10. ^ "Moscow to host of Figure Skating World Championships". BBC News. March 24, 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/9435021.stm. Retrieved March 24, 2011. 

External links

• Official website (Russian)
• Khodynka Arena at Hockeyarenas.net
• Khodynka Arena at worldstadiums.com

Events and tenants
Preceded by PalaLottomatica Rome	CEV Champions League Final Venue 2007	Succeeded by Hala MOSiR Łódź