A 1967 cable-roofed sports palace that skates the public on three ice sheets
Yubileiny began in September 1967 as a Leningrad sports palace on Dobrolyubova avenue, named for the 50th anniversary of Soviet power. Its experimental design was the first to try an original cable-supported roof over the main arena, and the 94 metre round building went up in about a year with room for 6,000 spectators.
The main arena hosts major competitions in hockey, figure skating, short track and basketball, while the small arena became the home ice of Saint Petersburg youth hockey league teams. Figure-skating stars prepare here under coaches Alexei Mishin and Tamara Moskvina, and the complex has the largest indoor rink in the city.
Public skating is sold in dated one-hour sessions, and the rink page gives separate entrance doors for sessions on the main arena, the small arena and the training rink.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Visitors are admitted to the screening area and changing room 15 minutes before an hour-long skating session starts, and entry to the session is with a single-use electronic ticket.