Aspmyra Stadium
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| Game between FK Bodø / Glimt and Sogndal Fotball in June 2007. The old main stand in the north (left) and the east stand on the right | |
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| place | Hålogalandsgata 1 8001 Bodø , Norway
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 16 '35.9 " N , 14 ° 23' 4.5" E |
| owner | City of Bodø |
| operator | FK Bodø / Glimt |
| start of building | 1965 |
| opening | September 11, 1966 |
| First game | FK Bodø / Glimt - Grand Bodø IK |
| Renovations | 1980, 2001, 2005, 2008 |
| Extensions | 1999-2001 |
| surface | artificial grass |
| costs | NOK 140 million (1999-2001) |
| capacity | 7,354 seats |
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The Aspmyra Stadium ( Norwegian Aspmyra Stadium ) is a football stadium in the Norwegian city of Bodø . The municipal facility is the home ground of the football clubs FK Bodø / Glimt and Grand Bodø IK . Owner of the stadium in the municipality of Bodø.
history
The stadium was built by the municipality of Bodø as the home ground for FK Bodø / Glimt. Before that, the club played on a smaller playground, where there was usually not enough space for the spectators. The new stadium had space for around 2,500 visitors and was able to open in 1966. Before construction began, there were long discussions in Bodø about where and in what form the system should be built.
In the 1970s, two European Cup games were hosted in the Aspmyra Stadium. In 1975, a spectator record was achieved with 12,189 spectators in a game between Glimt and Viking Stavanger . In 1980 the stadium was used for the Norwegian Athletics Championships.
Bodo / Glimt rose in 1990 from the 1. Divisjon , and the re-emergence in 1992 the Norwegian football composite Football Association of Norway (NFF) that the FK Bodo / Glimt should not play in Aspmyra Stadium, he would in the highest league, the Eliteserien rising up. With money from the club's treasury and sponsorship funds, the lawn should be improved and provided with lawn heating . In 1993 Bødo / Glimt rose to the highest league and there were new discussions about expanding the stadium.
In 1997 the municipality of Bodø declared that the renovation could be carried out if the football club pays most of the costs. During the renovation work, additional grandstands were built in the south and east with space for a total of 4,350 spectators. The grandstands were put into use in 2001. The stadium also received new floodlights that were taken over from the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo . The newly built stadium also received approval from UEFA to host UEFA Cup matches there , albeit with a limited number of seats.
The Aspmyra Stadium hosted a friendly match between the Norwegian national football team and Iceland on May 5, 2002 . The teams parted with a 1-1 draw. At the game, the audience record for the new grandstands was achieved with 8,800 spectators. After relegation to the 1st division in 2005, artificial turf was laid in the stadium.
Web links
- glimt.no: Stadium history on the website of FK Bodø / Glimt (Norwegian)
- obos-ligaen.no: Stadium on the OBOS-ligaen website (Norwegian)
- stadiumdb.com: Aspmyra Stadium (English)
- europlan-online.de: Aspmyra Stadium - Bodø
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Holm: Bodø / Glimt . In: Store norske leksikon . May 26, 2020 (Norwegian, snl.no [accessed May 29, 2020]).
- ↑ Om the stadium. FK Bodø / Glimt, accessed on May 29, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Bankruptcy station på Aspmyra - treningsbaner på kvartal 221 . In: Nordlandsposten . Bodø March 30, 1963, p. 6 (Norwegian, nb.no ).
- ↑ a b Fra første spadetak. FK Bodø / Glimt, accessed on May 29, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Freddy Toresen: Fierce kamp om Beskitas-billetter . In: Avisa Nordland AS (Ed.): Avisa Nordland . Bodø September 1, 2004, p. 22 (Norwegian, nb.no ).