Key facts
- Former names
- Stockholm Globe Arena (1989–2009), Ericsson Globe (2009–2021)
- Location
- 121 77 Johanneshov , Stockholm, Sweden
- Owner
- City of Stockholm via SGA Fastigheter
- Operator
- AEG Live
- Capacity
- 13,950 (ice hockey), 16,000 (concerts)
- Record attendance
- 17,303 ( Metallica , 5 May 2018)
- Public transit
- Globen
- Groundbreaking
- 10 September 1986 ( 1986-09-10 )
- Built
- 1986–1989
- Opened
- 19 February 1989 ( 1989-02-19 )
- Architect
- Svante Berg, Lars Vretblad
via Wikipedia infobox
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Avicii Arena, originally known as the Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as the Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen ( Swedish: [ˈɡlǔːbɛn] ; lit. 'the Globe'), is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden. Despite the name changes, the local metro station is still named Globen metro station.
The arena represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System.