St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Hall is a huge building for various events: exhibitions and concerts, shows and fairs. They are held on any topic. Children and youth sports competitions are often held.
Sports and Concert Complex
SKK is located near the metro station "Park Pobedy", between the Moscow Park Pobedy and the shopping center "Rainbow", on Yuri Gagarin Avenue, 8. It was built in 1979, the capacity of the hall is 25,000 spectators. The main entrance is located on the side of the metro, from there an asph alt road runs to the complex itself with a passage through the avenue.
Since its opening, it has hosted major sporting events and concerts. In 1989, it was here that the participants of the USSR Figure Skating Championship, and later the European Championship, performed. Tournaments in karate, sports dances, hockey, football, gymnastics, judo are constantly held. World-famous stars performed at the CCM: Scorpions, Depeche Mode, Rammstein, Scooter, Metallica, Shakira, Madonna, Green Day, Lady Gaga.
In the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Hall, exhibitions are organized between major concerts and sporting events. At the same time, during thefestivals, the organizers themselves arrange exhibitions with the possibility of purchasing the goods they like.
Annual Events
Traditionally, the Nevsky Shore festival is held in the sports and concert complex, within the framework of which exhibitions of various manufacturers of goods and services in the field of beauty, fashion shows, competitions for the best hairstyles and manicures are organized.
Comic Con has been a favorite of visitors over the past few years. On it, the audience will have a chance to see the largest spectacular costume show in Russia based on films, TV series, comics and computer games. Since 2017, the organizers have changed their name to Epic Con. During the festival in the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Hall, at exhibitions and near the stands, you can buy attributes of a fantasy world.
International Robotics Festival "RoboFinist" this year has chosen SKK as a platform for placement. It was attended by numerous representatives of schools and universities, including ITMO, St. Petersburg State University of Technology, DDT "Preobrazhensky", the club "ROBOTREK", "League of Robots" and others. The program is interesting and rich, it includes contests and competitions of robots, training workshops, robot fights. The festival is aimed at children and students, its participants try to invite as many children as possible to study programming and robotics.
Exhibitions at SKK
In addition to exhibitions dedicated to festivals, smaller events are also organized at the JCC.
Antique fairs are held where you can meet other connoisseursantiques and buy things you like, exhibitions of Orthodox culture, which attract guests from all over the region. The administration is trying to attract the maximum number of participants, not only ordinary visitors, but also famous masters who can present their work or show master classes.
For the New Year and Christmas holidays, exhibitions and fairs of masters with a huge number of stands, where you can find a lot of author's works of different price segments, open in the SCC.
Farmer exhibitions are constantly organized, to which beekeepers bring delicious honey from different parts of the country, and gardeners boast of an excellent harvest. In the same place, in St. Petersburg, at an exhibition in the SKK on Victory Park, women choose fur coats from a wide range of products from different manufacturers and representative offices. Fur fairs traditionally abound with beautiful and warm things made from natural materials.
Leisure activities
The administration of the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex provides premises for various entertainment or sports events. Organizational issues and the program are handled by the other party. The founders of exhibitions, festivals and fairs set their own price for entrance tickets, determine preferential categories of citizens and separate zones.
Nevertheless, the JCC is closely monitoring the adequate conduct of events, ensuring the safety of guests and exhibitors. The complex has several cafes, a snack bar andrestaurants where you can have a bite to eat and relax for a break between entertainment, and then go shopping with renewed vigor.
