Steel Arena – Ladislav Troják Stadium in Košice (Slovak: Steel aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka) is the home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice. 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 United States Steel Corporation) and also in honor of Ladislav Troják, a Košice-born hockey player who was the first Slovak to win the World Championship with the Czechoslovakia national team.
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Notable events
Sport
An overview of some sport events:
2007
2007 The nine-pin bowling World Championships
2008
2008 European Junior Wrestling Championships
2009
2009 World Championship in Bodybuilding
2011
2011 IIHF World Championship
2019
2019 IIHF World Championship
2019 ISBHF Ball Hockey World Championship
2021
2021 JGP Slovakia
2022
2022 European Men's Handball Championship
2029 IIHF World Championship
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.