Home Credit Arena

The Home Credit Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Liberec, Czech Republic. The capacity of the arena is 9,000 people and it was built in 2005. It is currently home to the HC Bílí Tygři Liberec ice hockey team.

Home Credit Arena
Construction


Former names	Tipsport Arena
Location	Jeronýmova 570/22, Liberec, Czech Republic, 460 07
Coordinates	50°45′10″N 15°02′59″E / 50.75278°N 15.04972°E / 50.75278; 15.04972
Owner	Liberec
Operator	SFM Liberec s.r.o.
Capacity	Hockey: 7,250^[1] General: 9,000^[1]
Surface	Multi-surface
Broke ground	5 September 2003
Opened	8 September 2005
Architect	Antonín Buchta
Tenants
HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (Extraliga) BK Kondoři Liberec (basketball)

It hosted matches from Group B and the Relegation Round at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. It is also a venue for home games of Polish basketball team Turów Zgorzelec in the Eurocup and Euroleague.

In its first five years of operation, the Arena welcomed 1.4 million visitors and hosted 467 events.^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Šebelka, Jan (7 September 2010). "Milovaná i proklínaná. Liberecká Tipsport aréna slaví páté narozeniny". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

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