Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)

Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)

Olympic Stadium, known locally as the Olimpiysky, is a large indoor arena located in Moscow, Russia. It was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics and hosted the basketball and boxing events. A part of the Olimpiisky Sports Complex, it makes up one architectural ensemble with another venue, constructed at the same time, the Swimming Pool. The venue is so large that up to 80,000 people can occupy its space. It has hosted the Davis Cup finals on several occasions, and is the home of the Kremlin Cup tournament. When smaller indoor sports are held at the venue, such as tennis or basketball, only 1/4th of the floor space is used. Capacity at this configuration can vary between 10,000 and 16,000 people.
The arena hosted the 1999 FIBA EuroStars game [ [http://www.infosport.ru/eurostars/olymp-e.htm SEE YOU AT "OLYMPIJSKY"] ] and the 2005 Euroleague Final Four [ [http://217.13.116.51/finalfour05/noticia.jsp?temporada=E04&jornada=25&id=600 Final Four venue: Olympiysky Arena] ] . The stadium can hold up to 16,000 people for televised events. [ [http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12112 Eurovision Song Contest Serbia 2008 | News - Svante Stockselius met 2009 organisers in Moscow ] ]

Eurovision 2009

The Olympic Stadium will be the venue for the ESC in 2009. [cite web |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1362 |title=Moscow accepted as 2009 Host City! Eurovision.tv |publisher="Seiste Bakke" |author=|date=2008-09-13|accessdate=2008-09-13]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.olimpik.ru/ Official website of the Olympiisky Sports Complex]
* [http://www.daviscup.com/news/newsarticle.asp?id=13918 Information on venue]
* [http://217.13.116.51/finalfour05/noticia.jsp?temporada=E04&jornada=25&id=600 Info from Euroleague.net]


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