Vul. Melnyka, 18 – Ukraina Sport Complex

The Pogon Sports Complex also had a two-storey administrative building located right of the main entrance, next to a small grass playground and 100m race track.  The tennis courts were laid north to south with a solid-block audience stand for 200 spectators set to the east.  Following the completion of the stadium, in winter hockey and skating were moved to the refitted stadium grounds.  The venue hosted regional as well as international competitions.  Among prominent sportsmen who appeared here were hockey players from World and European Cups, Olympic Games, and members of the Polish National Team including Wacław Kuchar, Jan Hemmerling, Albert Mauer, Roman Sabinski, Carlo Weissberg (Księga, 304). The courts hosted games with Lviv champions including Władysław Kurman, Lubomyr Chaikovsky, Mechyslav and Wacław Kuchar, Albert Mauer, Josyp Herda, and 1940 USSR Champion and prominent coach, Fedir Kutsenko.  Between 1960-70 the courts hosted matches for noted players like Toomas Leius, Alexander Metreveli, Teimuraz Kakulia, Vadym Boisov, Galina Baksheeva and later Lviv professionals like Serhiy Gruzman, Oleksandr Zaluzhny, Ihor Pylypchuk and Wimbledon Champion Larysa Savchenko (Kordiyak, 27).  

 In 1945 the Pogon Sport Complex was placed under the management of the Spartak Sport Society, and again in 1987, under the stewardship of the Ukraina Society.  

In 1985 the administration building was torn down and a Sports Arena was erected on the stadium grounds. The project drawn up by M. Tratch, M. Habrel, and O. Kazantsev was completed in 1986 (Vujtzyk, Lypka, 166; Tregubova, 244-245; Lviv, 1999,229-230; Lwow, 201, 131). At the same time the tennis courts were refurbished, the grandstand removed, and the grounds were re-oriented on an east-west line. 

The stadium continues to host tournaments and championships. In winter, the arena is used for tennis. In addition to tennis competitions, the venue hosts Euro Cup fights, Ukrainian Boxing Championships, World powerlifting competitions, and international acrobatic gymnastics tournaments.  The venue has hosted boxing matches featuring Barcelona and Sydney Olympic medalists Rostyslav Zaklychny and Andriy Kotelnyk; weightlifting competitions with world champion Ivan Freidu; and table tennis tournaments with Vanda Latynska and Volodymyr Samsonov. Today the spacious Palace is also used to hold various international and regional industry expos.