48°54′02″N 18°03′26″E / 48.9005699°N 18.0571032°E Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium (Slovak: Zimný Štadión Pavla Demitru) and formerly B.O.F. Arena, is an arena in Trenčín, Slovakia.[3] The stadium is primarily used for ice hockey, and is the home arena of the Slovak Extraliga club, HK Dukla Trenčín. It has a capacity of 6,300 spectators and was built in 1960.[4][5]
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 Interactive map of Zimný štadión Pavla Demitru | |
Former names | B.O.F Aréna |
|---|---|
| Location | Trenčín, Slovakia |
| Operator | City of Trenčín[1] |
| Capacity | 6,300 (ice hockey) |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1960 |
| Opened | January 17, 1960 [2] |
| Tenants | |
| Dukla Trenčín (Slovak Extraliga) | |
The arena is named after the professional ice hockey player, a three-time National Hockey League All-Star, Pavol Demitra. The name change occurred in 2011 after the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash on 7 September 2011, which killed Demitra and the rest of the Lokomotiv team.[6]
Notable events
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edit- ↑ "Dukla Trenčín | Kluby | Tipos extraliga | Hokej | Huste.tv | Najnovšie športové správy".
- ↑ "Zimný štadión P. Demitru » Visit Trenčín". December 2017.
- ↑ B.O.F. Arena; hockeyarenas.net; It was named B.O.F. because of sponsorship reasons; retrieved .
- ↑ "Hockeyarenas.net".
- ↑ "Trenčiansky zimák treba zmodernizovať, tvrdí primátor R. Rybníček". 17 August 2013.
- ↑ Stadion V Trencine; article in Slovakian; CAS; retrieved .