Hala Slavie Eden

Hala Slavie Eden sits at the edge of Prague where the older days of sport keep their ground.

The hall opened in 1991, long before the football stadium that now shares the site. SK Slavia Praha plays its league matches at the separate Fortuna Arena, not here. The basketball club BLK Slavia Praha makes this its home. The capacity sits at 1,350 spectators, though one source lists 1,200; the discrepancy is too small to argue over.

Inside, the floor would be parquet, standard for basketball, but the surface itself is not recorded. The hall has hosted matches and concerts, but it does not hold football.

What makes this place different from the identical one down the road is its age and what it has lived through. The football stadium on the same site opened in 2008, but the basketball hall predates it. The old football stadium, Stadion Eden, opened in 1953 and was demolished in 2003. The hall has not undergone significant structural changes or renovations that altered its capacity. It has no former names or sponsorship-related name changes; it has consistently been known as Hala Slavie Eden.

The address is Vladivostocká 1460/10, in the Vršovice district of Prague. The hall serves as the home venue for the basketball club, not the football team. The capacity is confirmed by the Czech Wikipedia article for BK Slavia Praha, though OStadium.com lists a different number. The hall was built in 1991 and has not undergone significant structural changes or renovations that altered its capacity.