Druzhba Multipurpose Arena
Appearance
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The Druzhba Multipurpose Arena (Russian: Универсальный спортивный зал "Дружба") is an indoor arena in Moscow, Russia, part of the Luzhniki Sports Complex. It was built in 1979, and the first competition held there was the finals of the 7th USSR Summer Spartakiad. It hosted volleyball preliminaries of the 1980 Summer Olympics and was a venue of the 1986 Goodwill Games (women's basketball, freestyle wrestling, judo and handball events were held there). The capacity of the arena is for 3,500 people and is the regular home venue of WVC Dynamo Moscow Volleyball team.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Игровые залы (in Russian)
References
[edit]- 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 61–4.
External links
[edit]55°42′45″N 37°34′0″E / 55.71250°N 37.56667°E
Categories:
- Indoor arenas in Russia
- Sports venues in Moscow
- Volleyball venues in Russia
- Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball venues
- Handball venues in Russia
- Basketball venues in Russia
- Dynamo Moscow
- Sports venues completed in 1979
- 1979 establishments in Russia
- Badminton venues
- Russian sports venue stubs
- Summer Olympic venue stubs