Steffl Arena, Indoor ice rink in Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria.
Steffl Arena is an ice sports hall in Kagran, in Vienna's 22nd district of Donaustadt, and the home and training venue of the Vienna Capitals. Its main hall seats 7,000 spectators, and a third ice hall built in the 2011 expansion holds 1,000 people. Hall 1 is used mainly for ice hockey, while halls 2 and 3 host public, school and kindergarten skating. The facade carries a broad pink panel with white lettering reading "STEFFL ARENA" above a row of glass entrance doors.
Vienna's city council approved the hall in 1989 to host the 1996 Group A Ice Hockey World Championship; architects Alfred Berger and Sepp Müller designed it, and it opened after 20 months of construction at a cost of about 20.5 million euros. The first hockey game, CE Wien against Kapfenberg, was played in January 1995. Renovations completed for the 2011/12 season raised capacity from 4,500 to 7,000 and added a third hall; the first game in the rebuilt arena was on 11 August 2011 against Kärpät Oulu.
The name tracks sponsorship: Albert Schultz Eishalle until 2018, named after the district chairman who served from 1981 to 1993, then Erste Bank Arena for three years, and Steffl Arena since November 2021. The Vienna Capitals have leased and run the city-owned complex since 1 May 2009, and Wiener Eislöwen-Verein, Vienna Flyers and EHV Sabres also skate here.
The arena sits in Kagran in Vienna's 22nd district, Donaustadt, reached by U1, tram 25 and buses 22A, 26A, 27A, 27B, 93A and 94A, with night buses N25 and N26. Hall 1 is used mainly for ice hockey, while halls 2 and 3 host public, school and kindergarten skating, so check which hall is open before setting out.
The arena's name has changed three times: it was the Albert Schultz Eishalle until 2018, named after the district chairman who served from 1981 to 1993, then Erste Bank Arena for three years, and Steffl Arena since November 2021. The first hockey match was played in January 1995 between CE Wien and Kapfenberg.
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