Yubileyny Sports Palace
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Yubileyny Sports Palace (Russian: Спортивный комплекс "Юбилейный"), also translated as Yubileiny Palace of Sport, is an indoor sports and concert complex located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It houses 7,000 seats and is accessible from the Sportivnaya metro station. The complex was completed in 1967-68 as a present from the Federation of Trade Unions to the city on the 50th anniversary of Soviet power.
The Palace hosts a wide variety of activities, including althetic training and competitions, conventions, festivals, and musical concerts.
[edit] Yubileyny Sport Club
The Yubileyny Sports Palace's ice rink is home to the Yubileyny Sport Club, a prominent training center for figure skating. Alexei Mishin, Igor Moskvin, and Tamara Moskvina have coached here, along with skaters including:
- Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev
- Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze
- Alexei Urmanov
- Alexei Yagudin
- Evgeni Plushenko
[edit] External links
- petersburgcity.com
- Official website (in Russian)
- (Russian)Some information on its history
- Picture of the Palace, about halfway down the page
