Blue Water Arena

Blue Water Arena
The facade of the Blue Water Arena
Earlier names
Esbjerg Idrætspark (or Esbjerg Stadion, 1955–2007)
Data
place	Esbjerg , Denmark
Coordinates	55 ° 28 '55 "  N , 8 ° 26' 22"  E Coordinates: 55 ° 28 '55 "  N , 8 ° 26' 22"  E
owner	Esbjerg municipality
opening	1955 Reopening: August 9, 2009
First game	New opening: Esbjerg fB - Odense BK 1: 2
Renovations	1999, 2004, 2008-2009
surface	Natural grass
costs	Refurbishment 2009: DKK 105 million ( € 14 million )
architect	Friis & Moltke A / S (2009)
capacity	16,968 seats
playing area	105 × 68 m
Societies)
Esbjerg fB
Events
European Summer Olympic Youth Days 1999

The lawn in the stadium

The Blue Water Arena is a football stadium in Esbjerg , Denmark with 16,968 seats (10,786 seats). It is the home of the Esbjerg fB football club and is part of the Sport & Event Park Esbjerg .

history

Opened in 1955, the stadium hosted the 1999 European Summer Youth Olympic Days in 1999 . The stadium was renovated for the first time for this occasion. In 2004 a new counter stand with seats was built in the venue. The complete renovation of the sports facility ran from March 2008 to August 2009. All grandstands are two-story and except for a few places are covered. 5,500 tons of concrete and 640 tons of steel were used in the stadium. The glass facade has an area of ​​3,760 square meters. The two large video screens each have an area of ​​43 square meters and weigh 4,800 kg. In the stadium there is a central beer tank with a capacity of 6,000 liters, which delivers beer to 20 dispensing systems over a kilometer of piping. The renovation costs of 105 million DKK (around 14 million euros) are shared by Esbjerg Municipality with 72.2 million DKK and the football club Esbjerg fB with 32.8 million DKK.

Until 2007 the Blue Water Arena was called Esbjerg Idrætspark or Esbjerg Stadion . Since 2007 the Blue Water Group ; a merger of companies from the transport and logistics sector, the name sponsor of the football stadium in Esbjerg.

Sport & Event Park Esbjerg

In addition to the Blue Water Arena, a. the following sports and event facilities for Sport & Event Park Esbjerg .

• Stadium hall: built in 1968, 2,000 seats (including 800 seats) B. for handball or for trade fairs, exhibitions and shows. utilized.
• Svømmestadion Danmark: Built in 1996, Denmark's largest water park with 50 m Olympic pool and 400 seats. There is also an area with a Roman bath, wave pool, saunas and solariums.
• Ice hockey hall: built in 1976, 4,200 places (including 1,000 seats) in which the ice hockey department of Esbjerg fB plays.
• Ice hockey training hall: built in 1996, 800 seats
• Curling hall: built in 2004 with four fairways
• Athletics stadium: reconstruction in 1994 with an eight-lane track, it meets international standards, 8,000 seats (800 seats)
• Tennis facility: The eight outdoor clay courts are located behind the main grandstand of the Blue Water Arena. There are also two hard courts in one hall.
• Badminton hall: Built for the European Youth Olympic Festival 1999 and has six playing fields and 371 seats.
• Football fields: seven natural grass fields and one artificial grass field
• Cricket field with 1,000 places

Web links

• sepe.dk: Stadium on the homepage of Sport & Event Park Esbjerg (Danish)
• friis-moltke.dk: Stadium on the homepage of the architects (Danish)
• stadionwelt.de: Report about the renovation
• bluewaterarena.blogspot.com: Blog about the renovation with lots of pictures (Danish)
• stadionwelt.de: Picture gallery before the renovation in 2008/09

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bws.dk: Report on the new opening (Danish)
2. ↑ friis-moltke.dk: Technical data on the stadium
3. ↑ sepe.dk: Sports and event facilities in the Sport & Event Park Esbjerg ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Danish) 
4. ↑ svdk.dk: Homepage of Svømmestadion Danmark ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (German, Danish, English)