Gentofte Sports Park
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Gentofte Stadium (1942-2012) |
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 Gentofte, Gentofte Municipality , Hovedstaden Region , Denmark
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 4 '28.7 " N , 12 ° 31' 36.1" E |
| owner | Gentofte Commune |
| opening | September 27, 1942 |
| Renovations | complete renovation 2014 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Arne Jacobsen |
| capacity | 15,000 seats (football) 1,500 to 4,000 seats (since the renovation in 2014) |
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The Gentofte Sportpark (until 2012 Gentofte Stadium ) is a sports park with a football stadium in the suburb of Gentofte, which borders the Danish capital Copenhagen to the north . The stadium offers around 15,000 spectators, the sports park is the largest sports area in the municipality.
The stadium is the home ground of Hellerup IK , the American football club Copenhagen Towers and Jægersborg BK . The football club B 1903 Copenhagen used to be based here. Numerous other sports clubs in the region with a wide range of offers use the sports park as a home.
The stadium was also used for numerous concerts .
prehistory
In 1920 Holger Nielsen was appointed municipal sports commissioner. He supervised gymnastics and swimming lessons at the community schools and included life-saving measures and artificial respiration in the curriculum. He wished that the community should build a stadium that "the youth could use as a sports field, for the development of the body and education of character".
The idea of the stadium was born back in the 1920s. In 1921 the Gentofte municipality took over Tjørnegården, a clay pit used by Frederiksholms Teglværker up to that time, which was a suitable place for the sports facility. However, the architecture competition was not published until 1936. To this end, the Gentofte parish council invited the architects Edvard Thomsen , Frits Schlegel , Arne Jacobsen and Mogens Lassen to each come up with a proposal. The winner was Arne Jacobsen, who at that time had already received many tasks from the community. His plans were impressive, although not all parts of them came to fruition. Had they been carried out, Gentofte Stadium would have become the largest stadium in the Nordic countries .
The sports facility was determined to a certain extent by the profile of the clay pit. The building parallel to the long side of the stadium behind the spectator area is divided into two offset wings, made of red brick and covered with red roof tiles. A swimming pool was originally planned, but was not built. The running track in the clay pit is relatively sheltered from wind and weather.
The total area at that time was 50,000 m², of which 1,200 m² were in an administration building, a caretaker's building, changing rooms and a restaurant.
Installation
On September 27, 1942, the stadium was inaugurated in the presence of 20,000 spectators, including 1,500 students. 800 athletes under the direction of Holger Nielsen competed in various disciplines. Guests of honor were the mayor Aage E. Jørgensen as well as Prince Axel Christian Georg and Princess Margaretha.
In 1954 the stadium was given a grandstand for 5,000 spectators . In 1965, several soccer fields, an archery stadium and an ice hockey rink with international dimensions of 30 × 60 m and rounded corners were added. In 1974 a hall with the dimensions 41 × 70 meters was built above the ice rink. It has a height of 12 meters.
The swimming pool and the sports halls were not built according to Jacobsen's plans, but in a modified form as "Kildeskovshallen", which is now a listed building. Skateboard tracks were added around 2000.
A self-administration agreement was concluded in 1993, the board of directors consists of representatives of the clubs based in the stadium and a representative of the Gentofte municipality.
A beach volleyball court , a roller skating rink , a hockey field , a skateboarding facility and several soccer fields followed in 1997. Two years later, an artificial turf field was built on a former parking lot north of the stadium .
The two club rooms in ice rink 1 were modernized in 2002 with the installation of panoramic windows with a view of the ice rink and a spiral staircase was built from a club room to the ice rink.
In 2005 it was decided to carry out a complete modernization.
Sports facility facilities
At that time, Gentofte Stadium was the largest sports area in the municipality with an area of 200,000 m². The sports facilities are cut through by the street at the stadium and are therefore divided into two areas.
Western area
- a football gravel pitch with floodlights, especially for the winter months
- a soccer field with floodlights for year-round use
- two football grass pitches for year-round use
- a softball court, which is mainly used in the summer months
Eastern area
- an artificial turf pitch with floodlights for year-round use
- Jump and throwing facilities that are used in the summer months
- a cricket ground for the summer months
- a soccer field with a running track for the games of the 1st division of the HIK and for American football games of the Copenhagen Towers
- a clubhouse with eight changing rooms that is used all year round
- Administration, conference rooms and restaurant
- an ice rink for ice hockey , figure skating and curling . The ice rink will be prepared from August 1st, and the ice rink can be used by the clubs two weeks later. The hall is open to the public from October 1st to the beginning of April.
- two beach volleyball courts that are used by schools to a limited extent.
- a pétanque court used by the Gentofte Petanque Club almost all year round
- a roller hockey rink that is used in the summer months
- two small soccer fields and four soccer fields that are used in the summer months. The pitches are also used for cricket.
In 2010, the construction of ice rink 2 for ice hockey and figure skating, an ice stock rink and new changing facilities for ball sports by Jægersborg Boldklub began. The football stadium was equipped with new fences, stands and seats.
The commissioning of ice rink 2 with 3,600 m² of usable area, 2,100 m² of which for ice hockey and figure skating and additional changing, machine and storage rooms took place one year later. There was also a curling hall with two lanes and a club room with a total of 700 m.
In 2012 clubhouses were built for Copenhagen Towers, Gentofte Petanque Club, Soranerne cricket clubs and Gentofte Hockey Klub. The old artificial turf pitch (now K1) was equipped with the latest generation of artificial turf and expanded to 68 × 105 meters. A new art hockey pitch (K3) was set up next to K1. The artificial turf pitch K2 was prepared for American football. In addition, a new petanque court with lighting and a cricket field have been set up.
It was decided in 2013 to build a roller skating hall with around 1,317 m², 86 m² of which as a club room for Gentofte Rullehockey Club and 349 spectator seats.
Reconstruction of the original stadium
In 2014 the construction of a new soccer stadium, a ball sports hall and facilities for school sports began . A new skater park and a skater hall were also built.
During the renovation, the covered grandstand was retained, all spectator seats outside the grandstand were demolished due to the renovation. The entire playing field has been rotated 90 degrees. The newly built longitudinal stand made of concrete elements has 300 folding seats and 180 standing places in the bottom three rows. After the renovation, a total of 1500 spectator seats were available, an expansion to 4000 seats is possible.
Gentoftehallen
The new Gentoftehallen went into operation in February 2016, the new scoreboards in the Gentofte Stadium will follow in April and the sports facilities for the school in May. Gentoftehallen has a floor area of around 7,000 m². Hall A holds 1,500 spectators and offers space for a basketball court, three volleyball courts and a handball field. In training hall B there are four volleyball courts, three basketball courts, six badminton courts and a handball court.
The Gentofte Stadium got 300 new covered spectator seats in addition to the 320 existing covered seats as well as around 1,000 standing places. The school sports facility is equipped with a 400 m long running track with four lanes, a 100 m running lane with six lanes, high and long jump facilities and a shot put track.
The self-government agreement with the Gentofte municipality ended with effect from December 31, 2016. Since then, the administration has been carried out by an employed management.
Informative
Soccer
On October 22, 1991, the stadium was the scene of one of the biggest defeats of the German record champions FC Bayern Munich , who lost 6-2 to the host B 1903 Copenhagen in the first leg of the second round of the UEFA Cup .
Concerts
The stadium was repeatedly used for major events, mainly for concerts.
Performances by well-known music groups took place as follows:
- June 5, 1983: Supertramp
- June 5, 1987: Genesis with Phil Collins
- July 31, 1988: Pink Floyd
- June 6, 1989: Simple Minds
- May 22, 1990: Tina Turner
- June 5, 1990: Prince
- May 12, 1991: Bryan Adams and ZZ Top
- Aug 10, 1991: AC / DC and Metallica
- July 20, 1992: Michael Jackson
- July 27, 1992: Dire Straits
- July 28, 1992: Dire Straits
- May 28, 1993: Metallica
- May 30, 1993: Bruce Springsteen
- June 8, 1993: Guns N 'Roses
- July 27, 1993: U2
- Aug 7, 1994: Bryan Adams, Pretenders and Jimmy Barnes
- May 10, 1997: Rock show
- July 11, 2005: Giants of Rock with Rammstein and Slayer
In principle, the concerts in Gentofte ended in 1994. The reason for this was the newly renovated sports park in Copenhagen- Østerbro , where the concerts took place from then on.
Naming
As a result of the numerous expansions, the Gentofte Stadium was renamed Gentofte Sportpark in 2012.
Web links
- Gentofte Sports Park. In: sportspark.gentofte.dk. Gentofte Sportspark, accessed March 17, 2018 (Danish).
- Gentofte Stadium on europlan-online.de
- Visitor report from 2012 on groundhopping.se (English)
- Gentofte Stadium on dbukoebenhavn.dk (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klubber and forbund. De hjemmehørende Gentofte klubber. In: sportspark.gentofte.dk. Retrieved March 18, 2018 (Danish).
- ↑ GENTOFTE SPORTSPARK FASE 3. (PDF (download only)) CHRISTENSEN & CO // NORD ARCHITECTS // KRA GH & BERGLUND // BALSLEV // OLUF JØRGENSEN, November 13, 2013, accessed on March 19, 2018 (Danish, §17 pcs. 4 bilag 1).
- ↑ Histories in årstal. In: sportspark.gentofte.dk. Retrieved March 18, 2018 (Danish).
- ↑ The ball must go into the goal. Der Spiegel , pp. 256 and 258 , accessed on March 18, 2018 (issue 44/1991).
- ↑ B. 1903 - Bayern Munich October 22, 1991 (UEFA Cup, 2 round). June 19, 2012, accessed March 18, 2018 (Danish, film).
- ↑ Oktoberfests at Gentofte Stadium. bulibold.dk, November 13, 2017, accessed on March 18, 2018 (Danish).
- ↑ Afholdte koncerter på Gentofte Stadium. In: sportspark.gentofte.dk. Retrieved March 18, 2018 (Danish).
- ↑ Gentofte Sports Park. en del af Gentofte Communes Idrætsanlæg. In: sportspark.gentofte.dk. Retrieved March 18, 2018 (Danish).