Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA, Demolished multi-purpose indoor arena in Moscow, Russia
Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA was a multi-purpose indoor arena on Leningradsky Prospekt, built for the 1980 Moscow Olympics and opened on 17 October 1979. Its main hall seated 5,000 on steeply tiered dark blue stands above a light wood court. The roof used steel block-panels with an 84-metre span, and the building's vertical accents contrasted with the low, curved outline of the neighbouring athletics hall. It was demolished in 2022.
Built over nearly four years and opened on 17 October 1979 as a venue for the 1980 Moscow Olympics basketball tournament, the hall was designed by a team led by architect Yuri Krivushchenko. It was renamed in August 2005 after the death of coach Alexander Gomelsky, and a memorial plaque was unveiled in October 2006. It was demolished in early 2022.
The arena was demolished in 2022, so there is no venue to visit; a new basketball arena is being built on the site at Leningradsky Prospekt, 39, outside the Third Ring Road. The former hall stood in Moscow's north-western sector, where it was built alongside the indoor football and athletics manege for the 1980 Olympics.
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