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{{infobox stadium
| logo_image = [[File:Kazakhstan Sports Palace Logo.png|140px]]
| stadium_name=  Kazakhstan Sports Palace
| image =
| coordinates = {{coord|51|09|20.61|N|71|27|55.01|E|type:landmark|display=inline}} 
| renovated = 2007
| location =  [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| built = 1999–2001
| opened = 6 March 2001
| tenants = [[Barys Astana]] ([[KHL]]) ([[2001–02 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship|2001]]–[[2014–15 KHL season|2015]])<br>[[Nomad Astana]] ([[Kazakhstan Hockey Championship|KAZ]]) ([[2009–10 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship|2009]]–present)<br>[[Snezhnye Barsy]] ([[Junior Hockey League (Russia)|MHL]]) ([[2011–12 MHL season|2011]]–present)<br>[[HC Astana]] ([[Kazakhstan Hockey Championship|KAZ]]) ([[2011–12 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship|2011]]–present)<br>[[2011 Asian Winter Games]]
| seating_capacity = [[Ice hockey]]: 4,070<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.khl.ru/clubs/barys | title=Barys Astana's profile |publisher=Kontinental Hockey League |date= |accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>
| website = [http://dskazakhstan.kz/ www.dskazakhstan.kz]
}}
The '''Kazakhstan Sports Palace''' ({{lang-kk|Қазақстан спорт сарайы}}; {{lang-ru|Дворец спорта Казахстан}}) is a [[palace of sports]] located in [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]. It is mainly serves as the home of [[Barys Astana]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL) and hosts various indoor events. It is also serves as the home for [[Nomad Astana]] and [[HC Astana]] of the [[Kazakhstan Hockey Championship]] and [[Snezhnye Barsy]] junior hockey team of the [[Junior Hockey League (Russia)|Junior Hockey League]]. The arena seats 4,070 spectators for ice hockey.

==History==
The sports palace was built from 1999 to 2001. The palace was opened by the president of Kazakhstan [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] in March 6, 2001. The Kazakhstan Sports Palace is one of the first sports venues in [[Astana]] and is used for mass sport. The building contains a [[swimming pool]], a [[health club]], an [[ice hockey rink]] and many other amateur [[sports clubs]]. Until 2008 the hockey arena was used for multi-purpose events, such as [[boxing]] and [[basketball]] events. Nowadays, the arena serves for the home games of the [[Barys Astana]]. The sports palace also hosts President of Kazakhstan's Ice Hockey Cup, the yearly pre-season tournament for Barys Astana and teams invited by them.<ref name="Ice Comes Early for Astana Hockey Fans">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/61685|publisher=Eurasianet.org|title=Ice Comes Early for Astana Hockey Fans|author=Paul Bartlett|date=8 August 2010|accessdate=26 March 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Kazakhstan Sports Palace (Minor Arena).jpg|thumb|left|Minor Arena of the sports palace.]]
The sports palace was reconstructed for hosting [[Ice hockey at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|Men's ice hockey tournament]] of the [[2011 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 for [[HC Astana]] of the [[Kazakhstan Hockey Championship]]. Also, it using for training and warm-up for [[Barys Astana]] team, which play their home games in the main arena.

In 2011, [[Kontinental Hockey League]] commissioners declared that this arena is one of the worst in the league. The main reason is the regrettably little capacity. Barys Astana managers have decided to build the new [[Barys Arena]] for 12,000 seats. The new Barys's home arena will open in the 2015-16 KHL season, as the KHL's president [[Alexander Medvedev]] said at the press-conference during the [[2014 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astanatimes.com/2014/01/barys-players-join-khl-stars-ice-bratislava/|publisher=The Astana Times|title=Barys Players Join KHL Stars on Ice in Bratislava|author=Ilyas Omarov|date=15 January 2014|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref>

Kazakhstan Sports Palace annually hosts [[President of the Republic of Kazakhstan's Cup]], the pre-season tournament organized by Barys Astana organization and [[Nur Otan]] [[political party]]. This was first held in 2010.<ref name="Ice Comes Early for Astana Hockey Fans"></ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Kazakhstan Sports Palace}}
* {{official|http://dskazakhstan.kz/}} {{kk icon}} & {{ru icon}}
* {{Structurae|id=s0056901|title=Kazakhstan Sports Palace}}
*[https://maps.google.ru/maps/ms?msid=206915570387205956242.0004ab55c262d3b9e0971&msa=0&ll=51.155878,71.464949&spn=0.021426,0.038581 Kazakhstan Sports Palace on the Google Maps]

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| title = Home of the<br>[[Barys Astana]]
| years = 2001 – 2015
| before = first arena
| after = [[Barys Arena]]
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[[Category:Barys Astana arenas]]
[[Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Kontinental Hockey League venues]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Astana]]