Håkons Hall

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Håkons Hall
The Håkons Hall in Lillehammer
The Håkons Hall in Lillehammer
Data
place Nordsetervegen 45 2618 Lillehammer , Norway
NorwayNorway
Coordinates 61 ° 7 '26 "  N , 10 ° 28' 27"  E Coordinates: 61 ° 7 '26 "  N , 10 ° 28' 27"  E
opening 1994
surface Concrete
rink
floor
PVC - Flooring
capacity 11,500 places (maximum)
10,000 places (ice hockey)
Societies)
Events

The Håkons Hall is a multi-purpose hall in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer , as larger of the two Ice Hockey halls for the 1994 Winter Olympics was built. Even the usually in the smaller bears Kristin Hall playing first division Lillehammer IK repeatedly games in the Hall of Håkons, but its most common use in ice hockey took the arena at the Olympic Hockey Tournament in 1994 and in the 1999 World Cup .

Depending on the event, the hall can accommodate up to 11,500 spectators, while ice hockey games have a capacity of 10,000. The arena was also used as the location for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Paralympics and as a venue for the 2008 European Handball Championship and the 1999 Women's World Handball Championship . In addition to the arena, the entire sports complex of the Håkons Hall sports center now includes two handball fields, six volleyball and badminton courts , two squash fields, a gym, a climbing wall and a golf center . In addition, the Norwegian Olympic Museum was located on the site until 2015 .

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Interior panorama of Håkons Hall (March 2013)

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