Prague O2 Arena
O2 Arena in Prague, Czec Republic, is a multi-purpose indoor arena, home of the HC Sparta Praha hockey club and former home of HC Slavia Praha. It's the second largest ice hockey arena in Europe. The arena was designed by ATIP a.s., a Czech architectural firm from Trutnov and was built in 2004, originally named the Sazka Arena. The arena was proposed to be built to host the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, but due to complications with investors the event had to be cancelled, making the first large event to take place was the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The arena's main sponsor became Sazka a.s., a Czech betting company and in 2008, it was renamed to it's current name. The arena can hold between 14,000 people up to 18,000 people, depending on the event.
The arena hosted larger hockey events including the afforementioned 2004 and the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championships aswell as a few NHL and KHL league games. It also hosted the first edition of the Laver Cup tennis tournament in 2017, the Davis Cup finals, the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships and European Athletics Indoor Championships, amongst others.
Since 2007, the arena is also home to Transmission Festival, a large trance music festival. Music artists who have performed inside the arena include Jean Michel Jarre, Queen with Adam Lambert, Hans Zimmer, Metallica, Elton John, Pearl Jam, Sting and more.
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Venue address
O2 Arena
Českomoravská 2345/17
190 00 Praha 9
Libeň
Czech Republic