CSKA Ice Palace () was an

indoor arena An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for specta ...

located in

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. The arena's seating capacity was 5,600. The arena was located next to Khodynka Field, and was a part of the

CSKA Sports Complex The CSKA Sports Complex is an Olympic Village that is part of CSKA Moscow and was prepared to the 1980 Summer Olympics. It is located right next to a military air field. Its athletics fieldhouse hosted the wrestling competitions while its footba ...

. It was primarily used to host

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games and

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competitions.

History

Originally built in 1964, CSKA Ice Palace was heavily renovated and expanded in 1991, and expanded again in 2006. It has been used as the long-time home arena for the

games of

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...

. In December 2020, it became known about plans to build a new CSKA sports complex on Leningradsky Prospekt with the support of Rosneft. The arena was demolished in September 2021.

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External links

CSKA Ice Palace at HC CSKA Moscow official site

Info on the arena
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History

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