The history of the creation of the future "Temp" Sports Palace can be traced back to 1953, when students of the Industrial Institute (later the Polytechnic Institute and State University), under the guidance of senior lecturer of the physical education department and coach of the "Nauka" hockey team, Viktor Yakovlevich Beshavkin, began clearing the territory of a ravine, or the "Pit," as it was later called by fans, for the construction of the institute's sports ground. On the equipped hockey rink of the "Polytechnic" sports club, matches of the institute, city, and Russian championships were subsequently held. In the 1959-60, 1960-61, and 1961-62 seasons, the Penza "Dizelist" (until 1960 known as "Trud") played scheduled games here in the country's Class "B" championship.
And on March 3, 1960, the first international match in Penza took place on the ice of the "Pit" — between the "Trud" team (as the future "Dizelist" was then called) and the "TUL" club from Finland.
After "Dizelist" won the Class "B" final tournament in the 1962-63 season, held in Penza at the Diesel Plant hockey rink, and the team advanced to Class "A," the question arose of building a more modern and spacious arena for hosting USSR championship matches. Once again, work began in the former "Pit." By the method of "people's construction" (the construction was funded by enterprises of the city and region), with active assistance from the second secretary of the Penza regional party committee, Georg Vasilyevich Myasnikov, and the stadium director Arkady Ivanovich Fomin, the "Temp" hockey stadium was built in a record short time — just two years: an administrative building with locker rooms, showers, utility rooms, and stands for 10,000 spectators. Two years later, artificial ice appeared at "Temp."
The familiar appearance of "Temp" was acquired at the end of 1990 — a roof was erected, the stands were rebuilt, and plastic boards were installed on the rink. From that moment, "Temp" became known as a sports palace.
In 2011, a new modern stadium, "Dizel Arena," was built. Since then, "Temp" has lost its significance as the main hockey venue of the city.
