Khodynka Arena

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stadium_name = Megasport Arena
nickname = Khodynka


location = Moscow, Russia
broke_ground = Summer 2005
opened = December 15, 2006
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seating_capacity = 14,500
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Megasport Arena (formerly, Khodynka Arena or Ise Sport Palase on the Khodynka Field, _ru. Ледовый дворец спорта на Ходынском поле Translite "Ledovy dvorets sporta na Khodynskom polye") is a multi-use indoor arena in Moscow, Russia. It is situated in the Khodynka Field and was completed in December 2006. [Sport-Express, [http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?131989 "article"] , "Sport-Express , December 15, 2006.] [Sport-Express, [http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?131300 "article"] , "Sport-Express , December 1, 2006.] 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 Oct. 13th 2007. The arena has a capacity of 14,500 people. [Eurosport, [http://www.eurosport.ru/icehockey/world-championships/2007/sport_sto1138695.shtml "article"] , "Eurosport , April 5, 2007.]

In 23 January 2008 CSKA Moscow hosted a Euroleague Regular season game against TAU Cerámica in the arena, in front of a sellout 13,000 attendance crowd [ [http://www.euroleague.net Euroleague.net] , [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=146 GAME REPORT CSKA Moscow 70 -62 Tau Ceramica] , January 23, 2008]

Rumors also have it on many sites, that this could be the location of the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in May 2009.
Saint Petersburg's regional council has that that it doesn't wish to host the event, therefore Moscow and the Khodynka Arena are the most likely location for the Eurovision Song Contest to take place in.

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