The famous rowing course in Račice was built on the place of the former sand-mine and it was finished in 1986.
The canal can host rowing races up to 2000 meters. There is a 5-kilometre-long road around the whole canal and the total area of the grounds is 73 hectares. There is a referee tower, marina building, hotel, high capacity parking lots, changing rooms and bathrooms for the racers. It seats an audience of 5000 people.
Ever since the arena was finished, a lot of sport events have taken place there, both of European and international importance. Recently for example, the Speed Canoeing World Championship 2017 and the Rowing Europe Championship. In 2014, the Labe Arena became the National Olympics Centre for Water Sports.
Labe Arena is a place for many kinds of water sports, like rowing, canoeing, dragon boats, and other sports such as bowling, in-line skating, fishing, cycling, triathlon, beach volleyball, aerobic, and model ships.
Contact
Address
Labe aréna a inline okruh
Račice 130
Štětí
Telephone contact
+420 416 813 652
E-mail
sportcentrum@racice.info
Web page
www.labearena.cz