Yubileyny Sports Palace

Yubileyny Sports Palace (Russian: спортивный комплекс «Юбилейный»), Sportivniy kompleks Yubileyniy; also translated as Yubileiny (Jubilee) Palace of Sports, is an indoor sports arena and concert complex that is located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It houses more than 7,000 seats for ice hockey and basketball.[2]

Yubileyny Sports Palace
Спортивный комплекс "Юбилейный"
LocationSt. Petersburg, Russia
Coordinates59°57′01″N 30°17′31″E
CapacityIce hockey: 7,000
Basketball: 7,044[1]
Construction
Opened1967
Renovated2007–2009
2015–2016
Expanded2008
Website
www.yubi.ru
Tribunes 8 and 9 of the Yubileyny Sports Palace during the opening game of 2016 IIHF World Championship.

It is accessible from the Sportivnaya metro station. The complex was completed in 1967, as a present from the Federation of Trade Unions, to the city of Saint Petersburg, on the 50th anniversary of Soviet power.

The Palace hosts a wide variety of activities, including athletic training and competitions, conventions, festivals, and musical concerts.

History

The arena was originally opened in 1967. The arena was the long-time home venue of the Russian professional basketball club Spartak Saint Petersburg, hosting both the men's and women's team's games. From 2007 to 2009, it underwent major renovations, expansion, and upgrades. From 2015 to 2016, the arena was again renovated and upgraded. The arena was used as one of the host venues of the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

In recent years, the Russian professional basketball club Zenit Saint Petersburg has used the arena to host its home games.

Yubileyny Sport Club

The Yubileyny Sports Palace's ice rink is home to the Yubileyny Sport Club, a prominent training center for figure skating. It is also referred to as SDUSHOR St. Petersburg (Russian: СДЮШОР (Санкт-Петербург)).[3]

During the 1990s, the rink often had poor-quality ice and other problems, resulting in limited training time, even for the 1994 Olympic champion, Alexei Urmanov.[4][5] Conditions improved in the next decade. Coaches have included Alexei Mishin, Igor Moskvin, Oleg Tataurov, Tatiana Mishina, and Tamara Moskvina, while skaters who have trained there include:

References
  1. VTB United League – Zenit
  2. Общая информация (in Russian).
  3. "Юбилейный" (Санкт-Петербург, Россия) ["Yubileyny" (Saint Petersburg, Russia)] (in Russian).
  4. Flade, Tatyana (July–August 1994). "Olympic Stars Skating On Thin Ice At Yubileiny Palace". St. Petersburg Press. Archived from the original on 29 April 1999.
  5. Katz, Rachel (March 1995). "Local stars attack lack of facilities". St. Petersburg Press. Archived from the original on 29 April 1999.
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