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Avicii Arena
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indoor ice hockey venue in Stockholm
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- multi-purpose hall
- Part of
- Sweden Solar System
- Named after
- Ericsson
- Official name
- Avicii Arena
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Stockholm
- Location
- Johanneshov
- Sport
- ice hockey
- Official website
- aviciiarena.se
- Image
- Globen från Hammarbybacken, 2016.jpg
- Has use
- volleyball
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- different from
- Globen metro station
- Commons category
- Avicii Arena
- maximum capacity
- 16531
- date of official opening
- 1989-02-19
- volume as quantity
- 605.000
- street address
- Globentorget 2, S-121 77 Stockholm
- working title
- Prins Bertil Arena
- nickname
- Globen
- inception
- 1986-09-10
Sources (14)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Avicii Arena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.