Zimný štadión Ondreja Nepelu
| Slovnaft Aréna | |
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| The Slovnaft Aréna in Bratislava (May 2019) | |
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Ondreja Nepelu (1990–2004) |
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| place | Odbojárov 9 831 04 Bratislava , Slovakia
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 9 '36.2 " N , 17 ° 8' 9.7" E |
| owner | City of Bratislava |
| start of building | October 28, 1939 |
| opening | December 14, 1940 |
| Renovations | 1958, 1990-1992, 2009-2011 |
| surface |
Concrete ice surface parquet |
| capacity | 10,055 seats (ice hockey) 10,200 seats (concerts) |
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The Zimný štadión Ondreja Nepelu ( German Winter Stadium Ondrej Nepela ) is an ice rink in the Slovak capital, Bratislava . It is located on the corner of Trnavská cesta and ulica Odbojárov , about 2.3 km northeast of the old town in the Nové Mesto district . Currently wearing multipurpose hall the sponsors name Slovnaft Aréna after in the oil industry make Aktiengesellschaft Slovnaft as
history
The history of the stadium begins with the construction in 1939 and the opening of the first public ice rink in Bratislava in 1940 (capacity: 300 spectators). In 1948/49 new stands with a capacity of 11,000 standing places were built around the ice surface. In the course of preparations for the European Figure Skating Championships in 1958 , the entire stadium was roofed over and 4,800 seats were created. The last renovation took place between 1990 and 1992, before the ice hockey world championship in 1992 .
At the beginning of the 1990s the hall was called Zimný štadión Ondreja Nepelu , named after the figure skater Ondrej Nepela , whose name is still above the entrance. After sponsors came on board, the hall was called T-Com-Arena ( T-Com Aréna ) from 2006 , before it was renamed Samsung Aréna in 2007 . The HC Slovan Bratislava ice hockey club plays its home games here. Until the renovation, the hall offered space for 8,025 spectators, 7,463 of which were seated.
Renovation 2010-2011
In the period from April 2009 to February 2011, the venue was rebuilt as part of the preparations for the 2011 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship ; the capacity increased to 10,000 places. The cost was around 63 million euros. During the construction phase, Slovan Bratislava moved to the Vladimír Dzurilla ice rink in the Ružinov district (capacity 3,500 spectators).
As part of the renovation, an underground car park with 300 spaces and two training halls was built and the access roads were rebuilt. The stadium was named Orange-Arena for the time of the 2011 World Cup from April 29, 2011 to May 15, 2011 . The Steel Aréna in Košice was used as the second venue for the 2011 World Cup . In 2019 the two halls will again host the men's ice hockey world championship .
gallery
Corner of the stadium
Night view of the Samsung Arena (February 2008)
Reconstruction, July 2009
The hall during the European Figure Skating Championships 2016
Web links
- nepela-arena.eu: Website of the Zimný štadión Ondreja Nepelu (Slovak)
- hcslovan.sk: The Slovnaft Aréna on the website of HC Slovan Bratislava (English)
- hockeyarenas.net: data on the hall
Individual evidence
- ↑ hcslovan.sk SLOVNAFT Aréna (English)
- ↑ Štadión Ondreja Nepelu začali rekonštruovať pre MS 2011 (The renovation of the Ondrej Nepela Stadium for the (ice hockey) World Cup 2011 has started), Pravda.sk, April 23, 2009
- ↑ Pozrite sa, ako mizne zimný štadión (Watch the ice arena disappear), Pravda.sk, June 8, 2009
- ↑ wienerzeitung.at A country in ice hockey fever Print edition from Friday, October 29, 2010, accessed on December 2, 2010
- ↑ Sme Zimný štadión dostane nové meno. Len na šampionát Slovak, January 5, 2011