The Ice Palace is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose

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. It was opened in 2007. It replaced Sports-Concert Hall Almaz as the home of Russian ice hockey team

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History

The decision to build a new ice arena was made in 2003. It was first announced by the governor of the

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Vyacheslav Pozgalev at the opening of the hockey season on September 12, 2003 after

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's victory over

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. April 8, 2005 Vyacheslav Pozgalev took part in the ceremony of laying the first stone. The palace was built by

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, which has previously been involved in the construction of ice sports complexes in

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and

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. At first, the sports complex was supposed to be called "Olympic", but this name was not liked by many Cherepovets and the International Olympic Committee. On November 4, 2006, on the Day of the City of Cherepovets, the Ice Palace received its first visitors. Honored Master of Sports

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, President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation Vladimir Loginov were guests of honor at the opening ceremony. Olympic champions in figure skating Tatyana Navka and Roman Kostomarov took part in the gala concert. The first hockey match at the new arena took place on November 15, 2006 between the teams

and

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and ended with a score of 5:3 in favor of the hosts.

List of concerts

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* Lesopoval *

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* Edwin Marton *

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* Sergey Minayev *

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* Eros Band *

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* band Bi-2 *

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* band Mirage * Technology band * Morandi * Accent * group

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* Stas Mikhailov *

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* Group DDT * Philip Kirkorov * Group "Leningrad"

External links

Official website of Ice Palace

Photos of new arena
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History

List of concerts

See also

External links