| Steel Aréna | |
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| Location | Nerudova 12 040 01 Košice, Slovakia |
| Opened | February 24, 2006 |
| Owner | U.S. Steel Košice |
| Capacity | 8 378 |
| Tenants | |
| HC Košice | |
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, U.S.A.) 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 arena has hosted concerts by many famous artists, spanning many different genres of music.
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