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[[Image:1280px-Samsung Arena 1.jpeg|200px|thumb|The arena in 2007]]
[[Image:1280px-Samsung Arena 1.jpeg|200px|thumb|The arena in 2007]]
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. The system was designed and constructed by Colosseo EAS. It has increased capacity to 10,055 spectators. In the past Samsung arena was called ''ST Arena'' and ''T-Com Arena''. So-called "reconstruction" under command of SZLH president's company costs 87 million €.<ref>http://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/5773232/miklos-na-stadion-viac-nedame-len-poziciame.html</ref>
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. The system was designed and constructed by Colosseo EAS. It has increased capacity to 10,055 spectators. In the past Samsung arena was called ''ST Arena'' and ''T-Com Arena''. So-called "reconstruction" under command of SZLH president's company costs 87 million €.<ref>http://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/5773232/miklos-na-stadion-viac-nedame-len-poziciame.html</ref>
It was one of the host arenas for the [[1959 World Ice Hockey Championships]].


Beside the reconstruction SZLH president built a new hotel next to arena, which was built without building permit in the beginning.<ref>http://spravy.pravda.sk/pri-zimaku-rastie-aj-sirokeho-hotel-nacierno-f3o-/sk_domace.asp?c=A100322_201117_sk_domace_p12</ref> Slovak and Czech ice-hockey players and team staff were accommodated in this hotel during the 2011 IIHF World Championship.
Beside the reconstruction SZLH president built a new hotel next to arena, which was built without building permit in the beginning.<ref>http://spravy.pravda.sk/pri-zimaku-rastie-aj-sirokeho-hotel-nacierno-f3o-/sk_domace.asp?c=A100322_201117_sk_domace_p12</ref> Slovak and Czech ice-hockey players and team staff were accommodated in this hotel during the 2011 IIHF World Championship.
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Image:OndrejNepela1.JPG|The arena during reconstruction in 2011
Image:OndrejNepela1.JPG|The arena during reconstruction in 2011
Image:Bratislava, 2016 European Figure Skating Championships, Ondrej Nepela Arena.JPG|Interior in 2016
Image:Bratislava, 2016 European Figure Skating Championships, Ondrej Nepela Arena.JPG|Interior in 2016
Image:Nepela 1959.png|The arena during the 1959 WC.
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Revision as of 13:26, 8 December 2016

Zimný Štadión Ondreja Nepelu
Slovnaft Aréna
Ondrej Nepela Arena.jpeg
Location Odbojárov 9
Bratislava, Slovakia
Broke ground October 28, 1939
Opened December 14, 1940[1]
Renovated 1958, 1990–1992, 2009–2011
Owner City of Bratislava
Construction cost $108 million
Former names Orange Arena (2011)
Samsung Aréna (2007–2010)
T-Com Aréna (2006–2007)
ST Aréna (2004–2006)
Tenants HC Slovan Bratislava
2011 IIHF World Championship
Capacity 10,055 (Ice hockey)

The SLOVNAFT Aréna (Slovak: Zimný Štadión Ondreja Nepelu), known as Orange Arena during the 2011 IIHF Championship, also known as Slovnaft Arena, is an arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and it is the home arena of the KHL's HC Slovan Bratislava.

History

Ondrej Nepela (Slovnaft Arena) after reconstruction in 2011
The arena in 2007

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. The system was designed and constructed by Colosseo EAS. It has increased capacity to 10,055 spectators. In the past Samsung arena was called ST Arena and T-Com Arena. So-called "reconstruction" under command of SZLH president's company costs 87 million €.[2]

It was one of the host arenas for the 1959 World Ice Hockey Championships.

Beside the reconstruction SZLH president built a new hotel next to arena, which was built without building permit in the beginning.[3] Slovak and Czech ice-hockey players and team staff were accommodated in this hotel during the 2011 IIHF World Championship.

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.

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.[4]

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