Swedbank Arena, Solna
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| Location | Solna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden |
| Coordinates | 59°22′21″N 18°00′00″E / 59.3725°N 18°ECoordinates: 59°22′21″N 18°00′00″E / 59.3725°N 18°E |
| Broke ground | 7 December 2009[1] |
| Opened | November 14, 2012 (planned)[2] |
| Owner | Swedish Football Association, Solna Municipality, Jernhusen, PEAB, Fabege |
| Construction cost | 2.8 billion SEK (€ 300 million) |
| Architect | Berg Arkitektkontor AB[3] Arkitekterna Krook & Tjäder[4] Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller[5] HOK Sport |
| Capacity | 50,000 - 65,000[2] 50,000 (football)[2] 65,000 (concert)[2] |
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| Sweden national team (From 2012) AIK (From 2013) |
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The Swedbank Arena is a retractable roof stadium currently under construction in Solna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, and planned to be opened in 2012. The stadium is named for domestic bank Swedbank, who acquired the naming rights in a 153 million SEK deal that will last until 2023. The main tenants of the stadium will be AIK and Sweden's national team, who both will move from their current home at the Råsunda Stadium when it is completed.
The inauguration game will be played on November 14, 2012. Sweden will face England in a friendly[6].
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[edit] Construction
The stadium will be built near the Solna commuter train station (about six km from Stockholm Central Station) and will also have parking for 300 buses and 4,000 cars. It was calculated to cost around 1.9 billion SEK (170 million euro) to complete. The current estimate is 2.3 billion SEK before construction has begun. It is planned to replace Råsunda Stadium, Sweden's current national arena for football, as the national stadium for football. What will happen to the iconic Råsunda Stadium is not clear, and it appears that the local municipality would give the green light to tear it down. This would in that case be the first World Cup final stadium to be torn down and not replaced with a new stadium on the same spot.
The stadium will have a retractable roof, enabling events to take place during the winter season. Its capacity will be at 50,000 spectators for football matches and up to 67,500 for concerts.
[edit] Tournaments
The venue will host games for the Swedish national football team as well as concerts. Swedbank Arena will fulfil FIFA:s and UEFA:s highest technical recommendations and elite stadium obligations for football stadiums and is automatically qualified to arrange tournaments and qualification games in European Football Championships.
Swedbank Arena is also designed to stage Winter sport events, such as snowboard and bandy. The Swedish bandy final will be played here from 2013 and to at least 2018.
It is determined that the Final of 2013 UEFA Women's Championships will be held at Swedbank Arena, July 28, 2013.[7]
The final of Svenska Cupen will be at the arena in May 2013, it is not currently known if the arena will host the final annually like its predecessor did for a long period of time.
[edit] Points of interest
Along with the stadium, there will also be built a number of hotels (400 rooms), restaurants (8,000 guests), shopping mall (240 shops), parking venue (4,000 car places), office areas for 10,000 employees, conference/exhibition centres and 2,000 flats. The mall is planned to be called Mall of Scandinavia and will be the biggest shopping centre the Nordic countries ever made. Everything is calculated to cost more than 4 billion SEK.[8]
Travel by public transport to the arena will be by commuter rail to the Solna station, or the Tvärbanan tramway (under construction until 2013) also to the Solna station, or through local buses, details not fully determined. The walking distance from the station to the arena will be a few hundred meters. There will be thousands of parking places near the arena and the shopping mall.
[edit] See also
- List of stadiums under construction
- List of stadiums in Nordic countries
- Swedbank Park, Västerås
- Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
- Tunavallen, Eskilstuna
- Borås Arena, Borås
- Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
[edit] References
- ^ "Inledande spadtag för nationalarenan" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 2009-12-07. http://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/inledande-spadtag-for-nationalarenan-1.1009627. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ a b c d "Swedbank Arena" (in Swedish). Arenastaden.se. http://www.arenastaden.se/evenemang.php. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ Berg Arkitektkontor AB
- ^ Arkitekterna Krook & Tjäder
- ^ Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller
- ^ http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2835&artikel=4802366
- ^ UEFA.com (4 October 2010). "Sweden awarded UEFA Women's EURO 2013". http://en.uefa.com/womenseuro/news/newsid=1543251.html#sweden+awarded+uefa+womens+euro+2013. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ Arenastaden.se
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Swedbank Arena |
- Swedbank Arena official homepage
- Swedish Football Association page for the stadium
- Svenskfotboll.se
- Outdoor Day
- Outdoor Night
| Preceded by Olympic Stadium Helsinki |
UEFA Women's Euro Final Venue 2013 |
Succeeded by To Be Decided |
