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 1973 Summer Universiade, also known as the VII Summer Universiade, took place in Moscow, Soviet Union. Sports * * * * * * * * * * Venues at the 1973 Summer Universiade * ( Central Lenin Stadium) * ( Sport Palace of the Central Lenin S ...

. The capacity of the arena is 5,000. The Sokolniki Sports Palace was a venue of handball tournament for the

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. It is the home arena of the HK Lokomotiv Moscow

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team. 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.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.)

Notes

References

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

External links

Official website of the Sokolniki Sports Palace
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