Yubileyny Sports Palace
[2] The complex was completed in 1967, as a present from the Federation of Trade Unions, to the city of Saint Petersburg, on the 50th anniversary of Soviet power.The Palace hosts a wide variety of activities, including athletic training and competitions, conventions, festivals, and musical concerts.The arena was the long-time home venue of the Russian professional basketball club Spartak Saint Petersburg, hosting both the men's and women's team's games.In more recent years, the Russian professional basketball club Zenit Saint Petersburg used the arena to host its home games.[3] During the 1990s, the rink often had poor-quality ice and other problems, resulting in limited training time, even for the 1994 Olympic champion, Alexei Urmanov.