Ondrej Nepela Arena


The Ondrej Nepela Arena is an arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and it was the home arena of the KHL's HC Slovan Bratislava.

History

It opened in 1940 and held 8,350 people until its full reconstruction started in 2009. The reconstructed arena opened in spring 2011 with one of the most advance game presentation, LED scoreboards and security systems ever built. It has increased capacity to 10,055 spectators. In the past Samsung arena was called ST Arena and T-Com Arena. Reconstruction costs 87 million €.
In the arena are also next two ice areas in the training halls. In addition to the arena, a new DoubleTree by Hilton hotel was built, which mainly serves for the accommodation of foreign athletes.

Stadium name

The Stadium is named in honour of Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and he is the 1972 Winter Olympics figure skating winner.

Notable events

An overview of some sport events:
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An NHL pre-season game was held at the Samsung Arena between HC Slovan Bratislava and the Tampa Bay Lightning on September 30, 2008. Tampa Bay won 3–2 in overtime. On October 2, 2011, the arena hosted another NHL pre-season game, this time between HC Slovan Bratislava and New York Rangers who beat the home team 4–1.

Transport

Ondrej Nepela Arena is located in the third district of Bratislava, Slovakia. The Arena can be approached by Tram, Trolleybus and Bus.
ServiceStopLineWalking distance from Ondrej Nepela Arena
TramOdbojárov2, 4250 m
TrolleybusZimný Štadión204, 205, 20720 m
BusZimný Štadión39, 53, 61, 63, 66, 74, 7820 m

Drivers can park directly under the Ondrej Nepela Arena. There are place for 365 cars.
An additional 1,300 parking spaces offer the Central Shopping Center, which is approximately 400 m away from the arena. Next 994 parking spaces are under National Football Stadium, which is 300 m away.

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