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 Interactive map of Kazakhstan Sports Palace | |
| Location | Astana,Kazakhstan |
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| Coordinates | 51°09′20.61″N71°27′55.01″E / 51.1557250°N 71.4652806°E /51.1557250; 71.4652806 |
| Capacity | Ice hockey: 4,070[1] |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1999–2001 |
| Opened | 6 March 2001 |
| Renovated | 2007 |
| Tenants | |
| Barys Astana (KHL) (2001–2015) Nomad Astana (KAZ) (2009–present) Snezhnye Barsy (MHL) (2011–present) HC Astana (KAZ) (2011–present) 2011 Asian Winter Games | |
| Website | |
| www.dskazakhstan.kz | |
TheKazakhstan Sports Palace (Kazakh:Qazaqstan sport saraiy) is apalace of sports inAstana,Kazakhstan. It is the home ofNomad Astana andHC Astana of theKazakhstan Hockey Championship, andSnezhnye Barsy junior hockey team of theJunior Hockey League. It seats 4,070 spectators for ice hockey.
The sports palace was built from 1999 to 2001. The palace was opened by the president of KazakhstanNursultan Nazarbayev on March 6, 2001. The Kazakhstan Sports Palace is one of the first sports venues inAstana and is used for mass sport. The building contains aswimming pool, ahealth club, anice hockey rink and many other amateursports clubs. Until 2008 the hockey arena was used for multi-purpose events, such asboxing andbasketball events. Until 2015, the arena hosted home games forBarys Astana.
The sports palace was reconstructed for hostingMen's ice hockey tournament of the2011 Asian Winter Games. Ice hockey preliminaries actually started two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games on 30 January. The matches played in the main and newly built minor arena with 1,200 seats. Currently, the minor arena is the home arena forHC Astana of theKazakhstan Hockey Championship.
In 2011,Kontinental Hockey League commissioners declared that this arena is one of the worst in the league. The main reason is the low capacity. Barys Astana managers decided to build the newBarys Arena with 12,000 seats. It opened for the 2015-16 KHL season.[2]
| Preceded by first arena | Home of the Barys Astana 2001 – 2015 | Succeeded by |
51°09′20.61″N71°27′55.01″E / 51.1557250°N 71.4652806°E /51.1557250; 71.4652806