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

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 club HC Košice

HC Košice

Hockey Club Košice is a professional ice hockey team playing in the Slovak Extraliga and is one of the most successful hockey teams in Slovakia and the former Czechoslovakia.-Honours:* Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League* 1985–86, 1987–88...

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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, U.S.A.) and also in honour of Ladislav Troják

Ladislav Troják

Ladislav Troják 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...

, a Košice

Košice

Košice is a 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...

-born hockey player who was the first Slovak

Slovaks

The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...

 to win the World Championship

Ice Hockey World Championships

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 with the Czechoslovakian national team.

Steel Aréna was one of the venues for the 2011 IIHF World Championship, which was hosted by Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

 and Košice.

Musical events

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

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

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

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