The Tipsport Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Liberec

Liberec

Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, sponsored by gambling firm Tipsport

Tipsport

Tipsport is the largest betting agency in The Czech Republic. Based in Prague, it has almost 1000 branches across the country. In recent years Tipsport has met with more competition, notably from Fortuna and from illegal online betting sites.-Sponsoring:...

. The capacity of the arena is 7,500 people and was built in 2005. It is currently home to the HC Bílí Tygři Liberec

HC Bílí Tygri Liberec

HC Bílí Tygři Liberec , sometimes called the "Tigers", is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga. Their home arena is Tipsport Arena in Liberec...

 ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team. It hosted matches from Group B and the Relegation Round at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, or, as it is commonly referred to in Canada as the 2008 World Juniors and the United States, the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships is the 2008 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships...

. It is also a venue for home games of Polish basketball team Turów Zgorzelec

Turów Zgorzelec

PGE Turów Zgorzelec is a Polish professional basketball team that is based in Zgorzelec. The club plays in the Polska Liga Koszykówki and the Eurocup. The club's home court is Centrum Sportowe .- History :...

 in the ULEB Cup.
The arena will serve as the operating center for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 that will be held February 18 - March 1, 2009. This includes athlete accreditation, location of the organizing committee support staff, an individual meeting center, and individual race offices.

External links

Official website