LähiTapiola Areena

LähiTapiola Areena
	Jyväskylä Hipposhalli
	The LähiTapiola Areena in Jyväskylä with an old sponsor name
Earlier names
	Jyväskylän jäähalli (1982–2008) ; Synergia-areena (2008–2017)
Data
place	Rautpohjankatu 10 40700 Jyväskylä , Finland;
Coordinates	62 ° 14 '13.2 " N , 25 ° 43' 15.6" E Coordinates: 62 ° 14 '13.2 " N , 25 ° 43' 15.6" E
opening	1982
Renovations	2003, 2007-2009
surface	Ice surface
capacity	4,618 seats
Societies)
	JYP Jyväskylä (since 1982); JYP-Akatemia (since 2008);

The LähiTapiola Areena is an ice rink in the center of the central Finnish university and capital of the province of Central Finland Jyväskylä . The venue of the ice hockey club JYP Jyväskylä , which plays in the Finnish Liiga , has 4,618 seats (3,006 of which are seats).

history

The Interior (2009)

The ice rink, opened in 1982, originally had a capacity of 4,812 spectators. Renovation work was carried out in 2003, with the capacity dropping to 4,500. Further construction work was carried out during the 2007/08 season, with the capacity again falling to 4,180 spectators. In addition, the local energy supplier could be won as a name sponsor for the ice rink. In the summer of 2009 an extension was carried out and since its completion there has been space for 4,618 spectators.

Events

Outside the ice hockey season, the hall is used for trade fair purposes , concerts and special events such as vehicle presentations. The following artists have already performed in the hall:

Web links

Commons : Synergia-areena - collection of images, videos and audio files

jypliiga.fi: website of the association (Finnish)
hockeyarenas.net: Stadium information and pictures