Palace of Sports, Kiev

Palace of Sports Kiev
Construction
Київський Палац Спорту
The Kyiv Palace of Sports in 2009
Location	Kiev, Ukraine
Coordinates	50°26′14″N 30°31′20″E / 50.43722°N 30.52222°E / 50.43722; 30.52222Coordinates: 50°26′14″N 30°31′20″E / 50.43722°N 30.52222°E / 50.43722; 30.52222
Owner	Kyivskyi Palats Sportu CJSC
Capacity	Concerts: 10,000 Sport: 7,000
Surface	floor/ice variable
Opened	1960
Renovated	1982, 2011
Architect	M.Hrechyna, O. Zavarov

The Kiev Palace of Sports (Ukrainian: Київський Палац Спорту, Kyivskyi Palats Sportu) is a sport-concert complex situated in the center of Kiev, Ukraine. The complex is an independent state enterprise.

History

It was built in 1960, to design of Mykhailo Hrechyna and Oleksiy Zavarov, as a major indoor sports arena.

Architecture: Constructivism Architecture, an artistic movement sporting mostly simple geometric forms.
Capacity: 10,000 people for both the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final and final in 2005. Additionally 2,000 press delegates were catered for.

Events

The venue hosts indoor sports games, concerts, major exhibitions and trade fairs.

In 2005, it hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, which required the facilities to be brought up to the standard, required by the European Broadcasting Union. Also, the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in the venue.

The Sports Palace is also a popular venue for concerts, having been the venue for Didier Marouani and Space (French band)on 10,11,12,13,14,15 of July 1983, Backstreet Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears on September 27, 2011 as part of her Femme Fatale Tour, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, A-ha, Jamiriquai, Jean Michel Jarre, Moby, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Muse, Placebo, Limp Bizkit, The Rasmus, Christina Aguilera, Anastacia, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Rea, Lara Fabian, Depeche Mode, Sting, Marilyn Manson, The Prodigy and others.

Public transport connections

The Palats Sportu Metro station ( Syretsko-Pecherska Line) is situated immediately next to the venue's entrance. There are also trolleybus, bus and marshrutka stops in the vicinity.

External links

Official website (Ukrainian)

Preceded by Abdi İpekçi Arena Istanbul	Eurovision Song Contest Venue 2005	Succeeded by Olympic Indoor Hall Athens

Eurovision Song Contest

Countries

Active	Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom

Inactive	Andorra Luxembourg Monaco Morocco Portugal Slovakia Turkey

Former	Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia

Unsuccessful attempts	Kazakhstan Kosovo Lebanon Liechtenstein Qatar Scotland Soviet Union Tunisia

Contests

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Venues

1950s	Teatro Kursaal Großer Sendesaal des hessischen Rundfunks AVRO Studio Palais des Festivals

1960s	Royal Festival Hall Palais des Festivals Villa Louvigny BBC Television Centre Tivolis Koncertsal RAI Concert Hall Villa Louvigny Hofburg Palace Royal Albert Hall Teatro Real

1970s	RAI Congrescentrum Gaiety Theatre Usher Hall Grand Théâtre Brighton Dome Stockholm International Fairs Nederlands Congrescentrum Wembley Conference Centre Palais des Congrès International Convention Center

1980s	Nederlands Congrescentrum RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion Harrogate International Centre Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle Grand Théâtre Scandinavium Grieg Hall Centenary Palace RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion Palais de Beaulieu

1990s	Koncertna dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski Studio 15 di Cinecittà Malmö Isstadion Green Glens Arena Point Theatre Point Theatre Oslo Spektrum Point Theatre National Indoor Arena International Convention Center

2000s	Ericsson Globe Parken Stadium Saku Suurhall Arena Skonto Hall Abdi İpekçi Arena Palace of Sports Olympic Indoor Hall Hartwall Areena Belgrade Arena Olimpiisky Indoor Arena

2010s	Telenor Arena Esprit Arena Baku Crystal Hall Malmö Arena B&W Hallerne Wiener Stadthalle Ericsson Globe

Congratulations: 50 Years of Eurovision (2005): Forum Copenhagen Best of Eurovision (2006): NDR Studios Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits (2015): Eventim Apollo

National selections

Current	Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Norway Poland Romania Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

Former	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland Germany Greece Ireland You're a Star The Late Late Show Israel Latvia Eirodziesma Dziesma Lithuania Macedonia Montenegro Netherlands Poland Portugal Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Switzerland Yugoslavia

Category
Portal
Project

Junior Eurovision Song Contest venues

2003: Forum Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2004: Håkons Hall (Lillehammer, Norway)
2005: Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium)
2006: Sala Polivalentă (Bucharest, Romania)
2007: Ahoy Rotterdam (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
2008: Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center (Limassol, Cyprus)
2009: Palace of Sports (Kiev, Ukraine)
2010: Minsk-Arena (Minsk, Belarus)
2011: Karen Demirchyan Complex (Yerevan, Armenia)
2012: Heineken Music Hall (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2013: Palace "Ukraine" (Kiev, Ukraine)
2014: Malta Shipbuilding (Marsa, Malta)
2015: Arena Armeec (Sofia, Bulgaria)

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