Steel Aréna

Steel Aréna

Location	Nerudova 12 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Owner	U.S. Steel Košice
Capacity	8 378
Construction
Opened	February 24, 2006
Construction cost	SKK 730 million ($ 17.6 million in 2006 dollars, $ 20.7 million in 2024 dollars)
Tenants
HC Košice (Slovak Extraliga) 2006 – present

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

Steel Arena opened on February 24, 2006. Its capacity is 8,343 seats and was named in honour of the general sponsor of the club – the U. S. Steel Košice (a member of the United States Steel Corporation) and also in honour of Ladislav Troják, a Košice-born hockey player who was the first Slovak to win the World Championship with the Czechoslovakian national team.

Steel Aréna was one of the venues for the 2011 IIHF World Championship, which was hosted by Bratislava and Košice. The scoreboard, one of the most advanced LED scoreboards in the world was designed and manufactured by ColosseoEAS, a Slovak company.

Musical events

The arena has hosted concerts by many famous artists, spanning many different genres of music.

• Bryan Adams
• Deep Purple
• Kim Wilde
• Wadaiko Yamato
• Abba Mania
• Jean Michel Jarre
• Seal
• Sting
• Vanessa-Mae
• Australian Pink Floyd Show
• Lord of the Dance
• Andrea Bocelli
• Carmen
• Kool & the Gang
• Tiësto
• Enrique Iglesias
• Scorpions
• Buena Vista Social Club
• Faithless
• Eros Ramazzotti
• Elton John
• 50 Cent

External links

• Official website of Steel Aréna
• Official website of HC Košice
• Official website of U. S. Steel Košice

Gallery

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  Steel Arena opening (February 24, 2006)

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  Grand opening ceremony

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  The first ice hockey game at the Steel Arena – "Old Boys" HC Sparta Prague vs "Old Boys" HC Košice