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Sokolniki Arena
Construction
Sokolniki Sports Palace


Location	Moscow, Russia
Capacity	5,000
Opened	1956
Renovated	1973
Website
www.sokolniki.info

Sokolniki Arena or Sokolniki Sports Palace is a former indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia. It is located in the Sokolniki District of the city. Initially it was an outdoor skating rink, roofed in 1973 during the preparations for the 1973 Summer Universiade. The capacity of the arena is 5,000.^{[citation needed]}

The Sokolniki Sports Palace was a venue of handball tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics. It is the home arena of the HK Lokomotiv Moscow ice hockey team.^{[citation needed]}

The Sokolniki Arena was demolished in December 2021.

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.^[1]

Notes

^ 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.)

References

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

External links

Official website of the Sokolniki Sports Palace

Current arenas in the Kontinental Hockey League

Eastern
Conference

Chernyshev Division	G-Drive Arena Barys Arena Fetisov Arena Platinum Arena Sibir Arena Ufa Arena
Kharlamov Division	Arena Metallurg KRK Uralets Lada Arena Neftekhimik Ice Palace TatNeft Arena Traktor Ice Arena

Western
Conference

Bobrov Division	Bolshoy Ice Dome KRK Nagorny Megasport Sport Palace SKA Arena Vityaz Ice Palace
Tarasov Division	Arena 2000 CSKA Arena Ice Palace Cherepovets Minsk-Arena Mytishchi Arena VTB Arena

v t e Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow)
Central Lenin Stadium Area	Druzhba Multipurpose Arena Grand Arena Minor Arena Sports Palace Swimming Pool Streets of Moscow
Olympiysky Sports Complex	Indoor Stadium Swimming Pool
Northwestern Planning Zone	CSKA Athletics Fieldhouse CSKA Football Fieldhouse CSKA Palace of Sports Dynamo Central Stadium, Grand Arena Dynamo Central Stadium, Minor Arena Dynamo Palace of Sports Krylatskoye Sports Complex Archery Field Krylatskoye Rowing Canal Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome Trade Unions' Equestrian Complex Young Pioneers Stadium
Eastern Planning Zone	Dynamo Shooting Range Izmailovo Sports Palace Sokolniki Sports Palace
Football venues	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) Kirov Stadium (Leningrad) Republican Stadium (Kiev)
Other venues	Moscow-Minsk Highway Olympic Regatta in Tallinn Izmailovo Hotel

v t e Olympic venues in handball
20th century	1936: BSV 92 Field & Stadium, Olympic Stadium (final), Police Stadium 1972: Böblingen Sportshalle, Donauhalle Ulm, Hohenstaufenhalle Göppingen, Olympiahalle (final), Sporthalle Augsburg 1976: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Forum (men's medal matches), Pavillion de l'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université Laval, Sherbrooke Sports Palace 1980: Dynamo Palace of Sports, Sokolniki Sports Palace (final) 1984: Titan Gymnasium 1988: Suwon Gymnasium, Olympic Gymnastics Arena (men's medal matches) 1992: Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Palau Sant Jordi (final) 1996: Georgia Dome (men's final), Georgia World Congress Center
21st century	2000: The Dome and Exhibition Complex 2004: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Hellinikon Indoor Arena (final) 2008: Beijing National Indoor Stadium (final), Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium 2012: Basketball Arena (final), Copper Box 2016: Future Arena 2020: Yoyogi National Gymnasium 2024: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (final), Paris Expo Porte de Versailles 2028: Long Beach Arena 2032: Brisbane Entertainment Centre

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