Home Credit Arena

The Home Credit Arena (formerly known as Tipsport Arena) is an indoor sporting arena located in Liberec, Czech Republic, sponsored by gambling firm Tipsport. 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. 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.

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Tipsport Arena
Home Credit Arena
Coordinates50°45′10″N 15°02′59″E
OwnerLiberec
CapacityHockey: 7,250[1]
General: 9,000[1]
SurfaceMulti-Surface
Construction
Opened8 September 2005
ArchitectAntonín Buchta
Tenants
HC Liberec (Extraliga)
BK Kondoři Liberec (basketball)

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

References

  1. 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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