Sports Palace (Minsk)

Palace of Sports
Palace of Sports
Location	Minsk
Built	1963 - 1966
Capacity	3 311
Home team	MHC Minsk Bison
Field dimensions	61x30
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"Sports Palace" ( Belarusian. "Palace of Sports" , full name "Cultural and Sports Republican Unitary Enterprise" Sports Palace " ) - a multifunctional sports and concert complex in the city of Minsk , Belarus .

Located in the city center in the Central District, in the historical location of the Tatar Gardens , between Pobediteley Avenue and the Svisloch River. The palace can host competitions in 22 sports , as well as concerts and other entertainment events. Capacity in the sports version is 3311 spectators, in the concert version - 4500.

Content

History

The project of the Republican Sports Palace was developed by the authors of the Belgosproject Institute as part of the chief architect S. D. Filimonov, the architect V. N. Malyshev and the chief engineer of the project V. V. Korzhevsky. Construction was carried out from September 1963 to May 1966 . A feature of the project was the asymmetric arrangement of spectators in stationary stands and the stage on the opposite side of the sports ground. This solution, combined with the use of prefabricated stands in the stalls, made it possible to turn the arena into a concert hall . Externally, the Sports Palace resembles the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna built in 1958. The project in the USSR became standard and was also implemented in Chelyabinsk , Dnepropetrovsk , Volgograd . In 1984, the Sports Palace was included in the List of Monuments of History and Culture of the BSSR .

Sports Palace. 1981

In the 1960s and 1980s, the largest republican competitions were held at the Sports Palace, as well as union championships and international tournaments in wrestling , fencing , boxing , weightlifting , sports and rhythmic gymnastics and other sports. The hockey club Dynamo and the handball SKA held their matches in the union championships. In addition, the largest concerts and republican party meetings were held at the Palace.

In the 1990s, the premises of the Palace were rented out, exhibition events were held in the arena, and there were practically no sports competitions. In 2001-2004 , a phased reconstruction of the Sports Palace was carried out: the facades of the building were updated, refrigeration, lighting and sound equipment were replaced, an air conditioning system was installed, seats for spectators were replaced, a new electronic information board was installed.

In February 2018, the director of the Sports Palace was detained on suspicion of committing corruption crimes. ^[1] In February 2019, the court began proceedings in the Pranovich case. He is accused of embezzlement by abuse of authority, large-scale fraud, receiving a large bribe, attempted bribe, incitement to give a bribe. ^[2]

Biggest competitions

May 19 - 21, 1967 - European Championship in Wrestling (Greco-Roman)
1971 - European Championships in Gymnastics (Women)
1975 - World Wrestling Championship
1981 - European Junior Hockey Championship
2004 - World Junior Hockey Championship
April 5 - 11, 2010 - European Weightlifting Championship
April 13 - 23, 2010 - World Junior Hockey Championship
2013 - European Boxing Championship

Concerts and music events

Nazareth - ( November 22, 1999 ).
Deep Purple - ( November 5, 2000 ), ( March 27, 2011 ).
Motörhead - ( December 4, 2000 ).
Natalia Oreiro - ( March 13, 2002 ), ( December 14, 2014 ).
Whitesnake - ( November 10, 2004 ).
Accept - ( April 29, 2005 ), ( March 7, 2011 ).
Zemfira - ( October 1, 2005 ), ( February 20, 2008 ).
Ronnie James Dio - ( October 2, 2005 ).
WASP - ( November 8, 2006 ).
King and the Jester - ( June 3, 2006 ) ( April 22, 2007 ), ( April 20, 2009 ), ( March 28, 2010 together with the rock group Kukryniksy (group) ).
Toto Cutugno - ( November 17, 2007 ).
Brian Adams - ( December 2, 2007 ).
Grigory Leps - ( February 25, 2008 ).
Valery Meladze - ( March 23, 2008 ).
Europe - ( March 28, 2008 ).
Thomas Anders - ( April 18, 2008 ).
Lyapis Trubetskoy - ( May 9, 2008 ), ( March 9, 2009 ).
Elsie Ocean - ( May 29, 2008 ), ( May 12, 2010 ).
Tarja Turunen - ( November 4, 2008 ).
Scorpions - ( November 7, 2008 ).
Vyacheslav Butusov - ( December 7, 2008 ), ( May 27, 2010 together with Yu-Peter ).
Over The Rainbow - ( February 14, 2009 ).
Sepultura - ( March 4, 2009 ).
Jethro Tull - ( March 10, 2009 ).
Marilyn Manson - ( December 21, 2012 ).
Backstreet Boys - ( February 24, 2014 ).

Smokie - ( March 28, 2009 ), ( December 10, 2010 ).
Kipelov - ( April 16, 2009 ), ( April 29, 2011 ).
Enrique Iglesias - ( April 24, 2009 ).
Alla Pugacheva - ( May 7, 2009 ).
Alexander Rybak - ( September 28, 2009 ).
MakSim - ( October 17, 2009 ), ( March 2, 2011 ).
Dumps - ( October 25, 2009 ).
Scooter - ( October 27, 2009 ).
Chris Ree - ( February 14, 2010 ).
Vanessa May - ( June 20, 2010 ).
Limp Bizkit - ( October 5, 2010 ) ( December 2, 2013 ).
Garu - ( October 21, 2010 ).
A-Ha - ( November 6, 2010 ).
Vladimir Kuzmin - ( November 15, 2010 ).
Mumiy Troll - ( November 24, 2010 ).
Stas Mikhailov - ( January 29, 2011 ).
Peltier, Bruno - ( May 17, 2011 ).
KoЯn - ( May 26, 2011 ), ( May 17, 2014 ).
Hurts - ( October 11, 2011 ), ( March 12, 2016 ), ( November 12, 2017 ).
30 Seconds To Mars - ( November 4, 2011 ).
Beasts - ( March 12, March 13, 2005 ), ( November 23, 2006 ), ( February 28, 2008 ), ( February 28, 2009 ).
Bring Me The Horizon - ( December 6, 2015 ).
Hollywood Undead - ( November 8, 2014 ).
Three Days Grace - ( January 28, 2016 ).
Placebo - ( September 22, 2012 ).
The Rasmus - ( September 23, 2013 ).

Arena Description

Grand Arena

The main arena of the Sports Palace is a versatile sports and entertainment hall with a hockey box measuring 61x30 meters, which in several hours is transformed into a venue for another sporting event or concert. In this case, a coating is laid that protects the ice from melting and from the penetration of the cold outside, on which a prefabricated stage, a platform is installed, or parquet is laid.

The total capacity of the stands is: in the sports version - 3 311 spectators (including the main tribune - 3074 seats, small stands - 237 seats), in the concert version - 4,500 spectators.

In addition to the main arena, the Palace has a gym, a gym for fitness , 4 locker rooms, household, administrative, technological and other facilities that ensure the vital functions of the building. In the main foyer of the Sports Palace there are 6 wardrobes for spectators, 2 hockey ammunition stores, and the Overtime club on the ground floor.

Small Arena

Small arena

In 1999, an indoor training arena was built on the site of an open area behind the Sports Palace. In addition to a hockey box (61x30 m) and stands for 300 spectators, there is a light board, referee, huts for hockey players, coaching rooms, a gym, a room for medical equipment, technological rooms that ensure the functioning of the building. The small arena of the Sports Palace is mainly used as a platform for training sessions in hockey and figure skating.

Notes

↑ Director of Minsk Sports Palace detained for bribes (Rus.) , Belarus Today (February 16, 2018). Date of treatment February 18, 2019.
↑ Former director of the Sports Palace started to be tried in Minsk (Russian) (neopr.) ? . Belarusian Telegraph Agency (February 18, 2019). Date of treatment February 18, 2019.

Links

Official site of the Sports Palace