Coordinates | 50°45′10″N 15°02′59″E / 50.75278°N 15.04972°ECoordinates: 50°45′10″N 15°02′59″E / 50.75278°N 15.04972°E |
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Owner | Liberec |
Capacity | Hockey: 7,250 General: 9,000 |
Surface | Multi-Surface |
Construction | |
Opened | 8 September 2005 |
Architect | Antonín Buchta |
Tenants | |
HC Liberec (Extraliga) BK Kondoři Liberec (basketball) |
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.
In its first five years of operation, the Tipsport Arena welcomed 1.4 million visitors and hosted 467 events.