Hódos Imre Sports Hall is an indoor
arena
An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for specta ...
in
Debrecen
Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's cities of Hungary, second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain Regions of Hungary, region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the large ...
,
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
. It is primarily used for handball. Besides sport events, it also hosts other type of events. It was inaugurated as an exhibition and sports hall in 1976. The hall was renovated in 2018–2020.
The Hódos Imre Sports Hall is located only four kilometres away from the city centre with public transport stopping directly in front of it.
Hódos Imre Sports Hall has 1,848 seating places for handball events.
For other events, such as concerts and shows, the figures can go up to 3,000, including standing places.
It is the home ground of the top-class handball club
Debreceni VSC
Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian professional football club based in Debrecen that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hungarian football. They are best known internationally for reaching the group stages of the U ...
.
There are 80 parking spaces around the arena. However, there are 455 parking spaces in the adjacent
Főnix Aréna
Főnix Arena (until 2021 Főnix Hall, ''Főnix Csarnok'') is a multi-purpose arena in Debrecen, Hungary. The arena holds 8,500 people and opened in 2002. It hosted the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The arena was named after the Ph ...
parking lot, providing plenty of space for visitors arriving by car.
Gallery
File:Hodos imre csarnok.jpg
File:Debrecen, Hódos Imre csarnok, eredményhírdetés.jpg
External links
* Insulation and renovation of the roof structure in 2012
* Renovation plans in 2017
* Playing field renovation in 2020
* Building renovation from 2018 until 2020
* Expansion of fan seats in 2020
* Interior renovation in 2021
* Exterior renovation in 2023
* Roof structure thermal insulation in 2024
* Roof structure thermal insulation in 2025
See also
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List of indoor arenas in Hungary
The following is a list of Arena, indoor arenas in Hungary, ordered by capacity. Halls with a capacity of at least people are listed.
Arenas in use
Projects
See also
* List of indoor arenas in Europe
* List of indoor arenas by capacity
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References
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Indoor arenas in Hungary
Handball venues in Hungary
Sports venues in Debrecen
1976 establishments in Hungary