Lerkendal Stadion
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Key facts
- Full name
- Lerkendal Stadion
- Location
- Trondheim , Norway
- Owner
- Rosenborg BK
- Operator
- Lerkendal Stadion AS
- Capacity
- 21,423
- Surface
- Desso GrassMaster
- Record attendance
- 28,569
- Field size
- 105 m × 68 m (115 yd × 74 yd)
- Opened
- 10 August 1947
- Renovated
- 1949, 1961–1963, 1968, 1996, 2000–2002
- Construction cost
- NOK 335 million (1996–2002)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Lerkendal Stadion ( Urban East Norwegian: [ˈlæ̂rkn̩dɑːɫ ˈstɑ̀ːdɪɔn]) is an all-seater association football stadium located at Lerkendal in Trondheim, Norway. The home ground of the Eliteserien (2017) side Rosenborg BK, it has a capacity for 21,405 spectators, making it the second-largest football stadium in the country.
Lerkendal opened as a multi-purpose stadium on 10 August 1947, as the main football and athletics stadium in Trondheim. Originally the venue was mostly used by the football teams SK Freidig and FK Kvik, and Rosenborg did not become a tenant until 1957. A new grandstand with roof was completed in 1962, and floodlights were installed in 1968. The oldest of the current stands were built in 1996, along with new lighting. Three more grandstands were built between 2000 and 2002, which also saw the removal of the athletics facilities and the sale of the stadium from Trondheim Municipality to Rosenborg. Further expansions plans have been launched, to increase capacity by filling in the corners and possibly by building a retractable roof.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lerkendal Stadion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.