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Lokomotyv Sports Palace

Coordinates: 50°0′0″N 36°12′18″E / 50.00000°N 36.20500°E / 50.00000; 36.20500
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Palace of sports Lokomotyv after Russian shelling, 2022-09-02 (03).

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.

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

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  1. ^ a b SVITOLINA RETURNS AS UKRAINE AIMS FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT VICTORY, Fed Cup Official Website (11 February 2017)
  2. ^ a b c (in Russian)Новый Дворец спорта "Локомотив" будет сдан до 23 августа, proUA.com Харьков (July 27, 2004)
  3. ^ UKRAINE IN CONTROL AFTER WINS FOR TSURENKO AND SVITOLINA, Fed Cup Official Website (11 February 2017)
  4. ^ Fights at Lokomotiv Sports Palace, BritishBoxing.net
  5. ^ МФК "Локомотив" Харьков (in Ukrainian)
  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.

50°0′0″N 36°12′18″E / 50.00000°N 36.20500°E / 50.00000; 36.20500