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
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Former namesTipsport Arena
LocationJeronýmova 570/22, Liberec, Czech Republic, 460 07
Coordinates50°45′10″N 15°02′59″E / 50.75278°N 15.04972°E / 50.75278; 15.04972
OwnerLiberec
OperatorSFM Liberec s.r.o.
CapacityHockey: 7,250[1]
General: 9,000[1]
SurfaceMulti-surface
Construction
Broke ground5 September 2003
Opened8 September 2005
ArchitectAntonín 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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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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