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,[1] $ 21.4 million in 2017 dollars[2])[3]
Tenants
HC Košice (2006–present)

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.

Steel Arena opened on February 24, 2006. Its capacity is 8,343 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.

Notable events

An overview of some sport events:

2007
2008
  • 2008 European Junior Wrestling Championships
2009
  • 2009 World Championship in Bodybuilding
2011
2019

An overview of some musical events from 2006 onward:

2006
  • Deep Purple performed at Steel Arena on October 7, 2006
2007
  • Kim Wilde performed at Steel Arena on March 23, 2007
  • Joe Cocker performed at Steel Arena on November 6, 2007
2008
2009
2010
  • Eros Ramazzotti performed at Steel Arena on February 27, 2010
  • 50 Cent performed at Steel Arena on March 2, 2010
  • Elton John performed at Steel Arena on June 22, 2010
  • Faithless performed at Steel Arena on October 28, 2010
2011
  • David Guetta performed at Steel Arena on May 11, 2011
  • Roxette performed at Steel Arena on June 6, 2011
  • Tiësto performed at Steel Arena on August 20, 2011
  • José Carreras performed at Steel Arena on December 8, 2011
2012
  • Wadaiko Yamato performed at Steel Arena on February 23, 2012
  • Armin Van Buuren performed at Steel Arena on October 31, 2012
  • Sting performed at Steel Arena on November 17, 2012
  • Piotr Rubik performed at Steel Arena on November 23, 2012
2013
  • Jamiroquai performed at Steel Arena on January 20, 2013
2014
  • Paul Van Dyk performed at Steel Arena on May 16, 2014
  • Bob Dylan performed at Steel Arena on June 27, 2014
  • Piotr Rubik performed at Steel Arena on November 8, 2014
2015
2016
  • Scorpions performed at Steel Arena on March 2, 2016
  • Bryan Adams performed at Steel Arena on October 10, 2016
  • Omega performed at Steel Arena on December 10, 2016
2017
  • Omega performed at Steel Arena on December 16, 2017
2018
  • Piotr Rubik will perform at Steel Arena on October 27, 2018
2019

Transport

Steel Arena is located near the historical center in Košice. It is located close to Štúrova street.

Service Stop Line Walking distance from Steel Arena
BusKrajský súd10, 11, 20L, 21, 23, 25, 32, 52, 5620 m
TramZimný Štadión6, R1, R3, R4150 m

Part of the Steel Arena is a parking house. There are place for 496 cars. An additional 524 parking spaces offer the Shopping Center OC Galeria, which is approximately 500 m away from the Steel arena.

References

  1. ↑ Tables of historical exchange rates to the United States dollar
  2. ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ http://www.hckosice.sk/sk/archiv/detail/kosicka-steel-arena-slavnostne-otvorena-+-fotogaleria/2739

Coordinates: 48°42′53″N 21°14′53″E / 48.71472°N 21.24806°E / 48.71472; 21.24806


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