Spiš Arena is a sports
arena in
Spišská Nová Ves
Spišská Nová Ves (; hu, Igló; german: (Zipser) Neu(en)dorf) is a town in the Košice Region of Slovakia. The town is located southeast of the High Tatras in the Spiš region, and lies on both banks of the Hornád River. It is the bigges ...
,
Slovakia. It is primarily used for
ice hockey, and is the home arena of
HK Spišská Nová Ves. Spiš Arena was opened in 1982 as Zimný Štadión SNV and has a
seating capacity for 5,503 people for Ice hockey games.
The arena has one of only two real-time biometry and facial recognition systems in the world. It was implemented by
Colosseo EAS
ColosseoEAS is an international company based in Bratislava, Slovakia that specializes in LED design, multimedia and statistics solutions for sport venues. The integrated system approach, introduced in 2010, allows stadium and arena owners to inp ...
, a Slovak company that also built the arena's game presentation system.
Notable events
An overview of some sport events:
;1987
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1987 Winter Universiade
;1994
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IIHF World Championship Group C1
;1999
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1999 Winter Universiade
The 1999 Winter Universiade, the XIX Winter Universiade, took place in Poprad Tatry, Slovakia.
Medal table
Sports
* Figure skating
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jor ...
;2017
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2017 IIHF World Under-18 Championship
References
Ice hockey venues in Slovakia
Buildings and structures in Košice Region
Sport in Košice Region
Spišská Nová Ves
1982 establishments in Czechoslovakia
Sports venues completed in 1982
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