Sports Complex Meteor (Ukrainian: Спортивний комплекс Метеор, romanized: Sportynvyi kompleks Meteor) is the biggest center of sports and cultural live in Dnipro, Ukraine. The complex is a home to the Olympic and Paralympic teams of Ukraine with status national since October 10, 2001. Meteor belongs to the State Company "Production Union Southern Machine-building Factory of Makarov" (Yuzhmash) and Sports Club Meteor. Sports Club Meteor was established in 1962.
Composition
Palace of water sports MeteorMachine-builder water sports facility
Machine-builder water sports facility (1958) is located in a remote location (Shevchenko City Park, Monastyrskyi Island)
The Meteor is home to five sports schools four of which are the Olympic reserves and another one is a complex school that specialized in six sports.
History
The stadium was opened in 1966 and reconstructed in 2001.[1] The Palace of water sports was opened in 1970 and closed for reconstruction in 2003. The Ice Palace of Sports was opened in 1983.[2] By 2019, the sports complex fell into disrepair.[1] In the end of 2021, a new reconstruction began. The complex was intended to open in 2023.[3]
The Palace of water sports after missile attack
On 15 August 2023, the Palace of water sports was damaged by Russian missile attack on the city.[4]
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