Skellefteå Kraft Arena
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 Skelleftea , Sweden
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 45 ′ 41 ″ N , 20 ° 58 ′ 2 ″ E |
| owner | Skellefteå municipality |
| start of building | 1966 |
| opening | January 6, 1967 |
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Concrete ice surface |
| capacity | 6,001 places (ice hockey, 4,280 of which seats) |
| playing area | 60 × 30 m (ice hockey) |
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The Skellefteå Kraft Arena is an ice rink in the Swedish city of Skellefteå . The hall is the venue for the home games of the ice hockey club Skellefteå AIK from the highest Swedish league, the Svenska Hockeyligan . The name sponsor of the arena is the energy company Skellefteå Kraft.
history
The Skellefteå Kraft Arena is mainly used for ice hockey games and concerts. The Skellefteå AIK from Svenska Hockeyligan has played its home games indoors since it opened in 1967. In the period from 2005 to 2007, extensive renovation and modernization measures were carried out in the arena.
In 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 a semi-final of the Melodifestivalen , the national preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest , was held in the arena. Well-known musicians who performed in Skellefteå include Lena Philipsson , Orup and Tomas Ledin .
Web links
- skellefteakraftarena.se: Official website (Swedish)
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