Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka (English: ''Steel Arena – Ladislav Troják Stadium in Košice'') is the home arena of the ice hockey club

HC Košice Hockey Club Košice is a Slovak professional ice hockey club based in Košice that competes in the Slovak Extraliga, the top tier of Slovak ice hockey. It is the most successful hockey club in Slovakia and the former Czechoslovakia, having won th ...

. Its capacity is 8,343. The arena opened on February 24, 2006, and was named in honor of the general sponsor of the club, U. S. Steel Košice (a member of the

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) and also in honor of

Ladislav Troják Ladislav Troják (15 June 1914 – 8 November 1948) was the first Slovak ice hockey player in the national team of Czechoslovakia and also the first Slovak hockey player with a title of World Champion ( 1947 World Championship). Troják wore t ...

, a

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

-born hockey player who was the first Slovak to win the World Championship with the Czechoslovakian national team.

Notable events

Sport

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2019 IIHF World Championship The 2019 IIHF World Championship was hosted from 10 to 26 May 2019 by Slovakia. It was the second time that Slovakia has hosted the event as an independent country, as was the case in 2011. The host cities were Bratislava and Košice, as announce ...

* 2019 ISBHF Ball Hockey World Championship ;2021 *

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2022 European Men's Handball Championship The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022. It was won by Sweden ...

Music

Transport

Steel Arena is located near the historical center of Košice, near Štúrova Street. The arena includes a parking deck with space for 496 cars. An additional 524 parking spaces are available at the ''OC Galeria'' shopping center, approximately 500 m away.

Gallery

Image:SteelArena3.jpg, Steel Arena opening (February 24, 2006) Image:SteelArena99.jpg, Grand opening ceremony Image:SteelArena5.jpg, The first ice hockey game at the Steel Arena – "Old Boys"

HC Sparta Prague Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague-based Czech ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak championships, as ...

vs "Old Boys"

References

External links

* Sports venues completed in 2006 Buildings and structures in Košice Indoor arenas in Slovakia Indoor ice hockey venues in Slovakia 21st-century architecture in Slovakia 2006 establishments in Slovakia Sport in Košice {{Slovakia-sports-venue-stub