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St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena, formerly the Diners Club Arena, and originally known as Eishalle Lido, is an indoor sporting arena located in
Rapperswil Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dial ...
,
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
. The capacity of the arena is 6,100 and was built in 1987. It is the home arena of the
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers The SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers are a professional ice hockey club from Rapperswil, Switzerland, and are members of the National League. History The Lakers were founded in 1945 and were known as SC Rapperswil-Jona until 2005, when the club change ...
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
team. The arena was completely re-done in 2005, and changed its name following corporate sponsorship from
Diners Club International Diners Club International Ltd. (DCI), founded as Diners Club, is a charge card company owned by Capital One. Formed in 1950 by Frank X. McNamara, Ralph Schneider (1909–1964), Matty Simmons, and Alfred S. Bloomingdale, it was the first independe ...
. Its name was changed again in 2016 after a new sponsorship deal with naming rights was agreed with St. Galler Kantonalbank.


See also

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List of indoor arenas in Switzerland The following is a list of Arena, indoor arenas in Switzerland with a capacity of at least 1,000 spectators, most of the arenas in this list are for multi use proposes and are used for popular sports such as individual sports like karate, judo, box ...


External links

*http://www.dinersclubarena.ch site on the expansion of the building (2005/2006) *https://www.lakers.ch/stadion/stgaller-kantonalbank-arena Ice hockey venues in Switzerland Buildings and structures in Rapperswil-Jona SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers {{switzerland-sports-venue-stub