Ice Sports Palace Kristall
Ледовый дворец спорта Кристалл | |
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| Location | Saratov, Russia |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′52″N 45°59′44″E / 51.5143333°N 45.9956111°E |
| Capacity | 6,100 |
| Surface | Ice, parquet |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1969 |
| Renovated | 2014 |
| Architect | L.E. Doroshenko |
| Tenants | |
| Kristall Saratov Avtodor Saratov | |
Ice Sports Palace Kristall (Russian: Ледовый дворец спорта Кристалл, romanized: Ledovyy dvorets sporta Kristall, abbreviated: ЛДС Кристалл, romanized: LDS Kristall) is an indoor arena and multi-purpose stadium in Saratov, Russia. Originally opened in 1969, it has a seating capacity of 6,100 and is used for ice sports, basketball games, and concerts. The arena serves as home venue to Kristall Saratov, an ice hockey team in the Supreme Hockey League, and Avtodor Saratov, a basketball team in the VTB United League.
History
LDS Kristall was the third and final venue constructed as part of the sports complex on Chernyshevskogo Street in Saratov, joining the Sports Palace (Дворец спорта), built in 1958, and the Swimming Pool Saratov (Бассейн Саратов), built during 1959 to 1961.[1]
The building was designed by architect and civil engineer Leonid Efremovich Doroshenko and was erected on the site of an outdoor ice rink, which it replaced.[2] The 5,450 seat venue opened to the public in autumn 1969 and has continuously served as the home venue of Kristall Saratov since that time.[3]
Extensive renovations were completed in 2014 and the seating capacity was increased to 6,100.[4][5]
References
- ^ "ЛДС Кристалл". saratov.kassir.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ Донецкий, Б.Н. [Donetskiy, B.N.]; Максимов, Е.К. [Maksimov, Ye.K.] (2005). Архитекторы Саратова: биографический словарь [Architects of Saratov: A Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Saratov: Benefit. pp. 102–104. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Козловский, И. [Kozlovskiy, I.] (12 July 2012). "ЛДС "Кристалл"". Большая Саратовская Энциклопедия [Great Saratov Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Анфиногентов, Андрей [Anfinogentov, Andrey]; Безъязычный, Алексей [Bezyazychniy, Alexey]; Рустамов, Тимур [Rustamov, Timur] (7 December 2014). ""Автодор" уже обещает бой ЦСКА" ["Avtodor" already promises to fight CSKA]. Sport Express (in Russian). Retrieved 27 July 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Arena: KRISTALL ARENA". EuroLeague.
External links
- Ice Sports Palace Saratov at EuroHockey.com