Lokomotyv_Sports_Palace

Lokomotyv Sports Palace

Lokomotyv Sports Palace

Indoor arena in the eastern Ukrainian city Kharkiv

Palace of Sports "Lokomotyv" (Ukrainian: Палац спорту «Локомотив») is an indoor arena in the eastern Ukrainian city Kharkiv. Rebuilt in 2004,[1][2] it has a seating capacity for 4,000 people.

Palace of sports Lokomotyv after Russian shelling, 2022-09-02 (03).

It is the home for the matches of the Ukrainian Fed Cup team,[1][3] volleyball[2] and it is also used for boxing matches.[4] The arena is the regular home venue of basketball club Kharkivski Sokoly, futsal team MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv[5] and Lokomotiv Kharkiv volleyball team.[2]

On 2 September 2022, the Palace was partially destroyed by Russian rocket strike.[6] It was later restored

References

  1. [1]
    SVITOLINA RETURNS AS UKRAINE AIMS FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT VICTORY, Fed Cup Official Website (11 February 2017)
  2. [2]
    (in Russian)Новый Дворец спорта "Локомотив" будет сдан до 23 августа, proUA.com Харьков (July 27, 2004)
  3. [3]
    UKRAINE IN CONTROL AFTER WINS FOR TSURENKO AND SVITOLINA, Fed Cup Official Website (11 February 2017)
  4. [4]
    Fights at Lokomotiv Sports Palace, BritishBoxing.net
  5. [5]
    МФК "Локомотив" Харьков (in Ukrainian)
  6. [6]
    "Russians destroy Lokomotyv sports complex in Kharkiv with S-300 missiles". Ukrainska Pravda. 2022-09-02. Archived from the original on 2022-09-03.

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