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Sports
and Concert centre "Peterburgsky".
The
St.-Petersburg sports & concert centre is a stadium loved by all inhabitants
and visitors of the city on the Neva river. Erected in 1979, it is considered
to be one of the greatest covered sports & entertainment constructions
not only in Russia, but also in Europe.
For the years of its operation the sports & concert centre was attended
by 25 millions of people including amateur and professional sports, variety
art, exhibition and public events admirers, visitors and participants.
Such events as Good Will Games' 94, hockey, Taekwon-do, ice skating, sports
gymnastics, judo World and Europe Championships , famous tournaments on
basketball, volleyball, body building, sports dancing, tennis were conducted
here. The Open Europe Taekwon-do ITF Tournament
" Cup of Peter the Great " is hosted annually in this centre.
The great building of the sports & concert centre, with the seating
capacity of 25 thousands of spectators, strikes its size (diameter - 193
m, height - 40 m) and multi-purpose
fitness. The football field can be transformed into a hockey rink or a
concert stage. The basketball ground can be converted into dancing site
with wooden floor or fighting arena covered with carpets.
Spacious change rooms, saunas, sports halls, press centre ensuring connection
with any place in the world are located in the lower floor of the building.
You can find here bars, restaurants, coffee-shops and sale stores. Singer
stars perform here also.
In the year of 1997 spectators applauded the team of St-Petersburg - Taekwon-do
world champions. That was the beginning of remarkable victories of our
competitors followed their success at the X-th World Taekwon-do Championships
held in this centre and considered the best one for the Taekwon-do history.
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