title: Steel Aréna
text: # Steel Aréna
  
  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. 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 Czechoslovakian national team.
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Music
  
  An overview of some musical events from 2006 onward :
  
  | Date | Artists |
  | - | - |
  | 2006 ||
  | October 7 | Deep Purple |
  | 2007 ||
  | March 23 | Kim Wilde |
  | November 6 | Joe Cocker |
  | 2008 ||
  | February 21 | Wadaiko Yamato |
  | May 7 | Andrea Bocelli |
  | October 23 | Vanessa Mae |
  | November 22 | Seal |
  | November 29 | Jean Michel Jarre |
  | 2009 ||
  | February 11 | Buena Vista Social Club |
  | April 23 | Scorpions |
  | May 20 | Enrique Iglesias |
  | June 17 | Lenny Kravitz |
  | June 20 | Tiesto |
  | October 29 | Kool & the Gang |
  | 2010 ||
  | February 27 | Eros Ramazzotti |
  | March 2 | 50 Cent |
  | June 22 | Elton John |
  | October 28 | Faithless |
  | 2011 ||
  | May 11 | David Guetta |
  | June 6 | Roxette |
  | August 20 | Tiësto |
  | December 8 | José Carreras |
  | 2012 ||
  | February 23 | Wadaiko Yamato |
  | October 31 | Armin Van Buuren |
  | November 17 | Sting |
  | November 23 | Piotr Rubik |
  | 2013 ||
  | January 20 | Jamiroquai |
  | 2014 ||
  | May 16 | Paul Van Dyk |
  | June 27 | Bob Dylan |
  | November 8 | Piotr Rubik |
  | 2015 ||
  | September 30 | Eros Ramazzotti |
  | 2016 ||
  | March 2 | Scorpions |
  | October 10 | Bryan Adams |
  | December 10 | Omega |
  | 2017 ||
  | December 16 | Omega |
  | 2018 ||
  | October 27 | Piotr Rubik |
  | 2019 ||
  | March 1 | Dire Straits |
  | October 19 | Vanessa Mae |
  | 2022 ||
  | March 13 | Sting |
  
  ## Transport
  
  Steel Arena is located near the historical center of Košice, near Štúrova Street.
  
  | Service | Stop | Line |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bus | Krajský súd | 10, 11, 20, 21, 23, 25, 32, 52, 56, 71, 72 |
  | Tram | Krajský súd | 6, R1 |
  
  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.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Steel Arena opening (February 24, 2006)
  * Grand opening ceremony
  * The first ice hockey game at the Steel Arena – "Old Boys" HC Sparta Prague vs "Old Boys" HC Košice
  