Sports Palace "Megasport" is an indoor structure designed for diverse sporting and cultural events. There is a sports complex in Moscow on Khodynsky Boulevard, or, as it is also called, Khodynsky Field. Its ice arena is the second largest in Russia and the CIS.
History
The Megasport Sports Palace on the Khodynka Field appeared in the capital not so long ago. It was decided to build an ice sports facility in the shortest possible lines to host the 2007 World Hockey Championship. In 2005, on November 2, it was laid in the eastern part of the so-called Khodynka field and at that time was called the Ice Palace. A year later, on December 15, 2006, the opening ceremony took place, and in 2007, as planned, the matches of the world hockey championship were held.
Description
It was immediately assumed that the sports complex would be intended not only for ice sports. The Megasport Sports Palace is a multifunctional building with a universal arena, which can transform into various events: sports, physical education, sports and entertainment, cultural and entertainment.
57.5 thousand m 2 - this is the total area of the palace. The ground floor is occupied by the arena, the second is the lower spectator stands, the third is the VIP zone, the government box, commercial boxes, the press area, and the fourth is the stands for spectators. In total, the sports complex has 14,000 seats.
Next to the main arena is another ice rink designed for training.
Good visibility from any audience place is ensured by the round shape of the arena. It can be transformed for a different number of viewers. Here you can organize a private event for one hundred people, as well as a massive one, designed for tens of thousands of spectators.
In addition to sports areas, the palace has a press center, restaurants, cafes, buffets, bars.
activity
The Megasport Sports Palace is designed for events of various directions. Here, competitions are held in several forms: hockey, figure skating, tennis, football, basketball, volleyball, boxing, curling, acrobatic rock and roll.
The arena organizes ice shows, presentations, test drives, rock concerts, corporate events.
Rink
The sports complex organizes ice skating for everyone according to the schedule, which is drawn up for one week.
Cash desks work without days off and lunch breaks from Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 10 pm. Tickets begin to be sold one hour before the first session of mass skating and are completed 30 minutes before the end of the last session.
There is a rental point at the rink, skate sharpening services are provided. These services are paid at the box office at the time of ticket purchase.
Where is it and how to get there
First of all, you need to remember the address of the sports arena: Khodynsky Boulevard, 3.
And now about how you can get to the Megasport Sports Palace by public transport.
The closest metro stations are: Dynamo, Polezhaevskaya, Airport. From the metro Dynamo can be reached as follows:
- take bus 818 to the stop "Palace" Megasport "east entrance" or to the stop "Ice Palace";
- at minibus 318 - stop "Khodynskoe field";
- by bus 207 - stop “Ul. Sukhoi aircraft designer. "
From the metro station "Polezhaevskaya":
- bus 818 - stops "Palace" Megasport ";
- atbus 48 - stop “Ul. Sukhoi aircraft designer. "
From Sokol metro station you can get to the sports palace by bus 175.
From the Begovaya station to the sports complex there is a 244M minibus.
Reconstruction
During operation, numerous defects were discovered in the building structure, including deformation of the supporting structures, and in January 2013 the Megasport Sports Palace was temporarily closed for reconstruction. Repair lasted more than two years. The updated sports complex reopened in November 2015. According to media reports, the reconstruction cost 500 million rubles.