Bolt Arena
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| Aerial view of the football stadium from the tower of the Olympic stadium (2008) | |
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Töölön jalkapallostadion (planning and construction phase) |
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| place | Urheilukatu 5 00250 Helsinki , Finland
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 11 '15.8 " N , 24 ° 55' 21.8" E |
| owner | Helsinki city |
| start of building | 1999 |
| opening | 2000 |
| Renovations | 2003, 2006 |
| surface | artificial grass |
| costs | 18.5 million euros |
| architect | Atelier23 |
| capacity | 10,770 seats |
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The Bolt Arena is a football stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki . It has been sponsored by the technology company Bolt.Works since January 2020 . It is located right next to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium and the Helsingin Jäähalli ice rink .
history
The facility was opened in 2000 and offers 10,770 seats, 36 of which are VIP and 45 press seats. It is purely a seating stadium, all seats are covered. The main grandstand can also be heated. The game is played on artificial turf , with turf heating under the playing field . Mainly the football club HJK Helsinki and its reserve team Klubi 04 play their home games in the venue , although some friendly matches for the Finnish national football team also took place here. In 2003 the final of the U-17 soccer world championship was held here.
The Bolt Arena was one of the five venues for the 2009 European Women's Football Championship . During the tournament, however, the arena was named " Töölö Stadium". A natural turf was laid for the tournament . Three preliminary round matches, a quarter-final and a semi-final were played in the stadium.
Web links
- Extensive picture gallery ( Memento from April 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- stadiumdb.com: Sonera Stadium (Töölön pallokenttä)
- europlan-online.de: Bolt Arena - Helsinki
- Entry via Bolt Arena at Emporis
Individual evidence
- ↑ Töölön jalkapallostadion on nyt Bolt Arena. In: hjk.fi. HJK Helsinki , January 29, 2020, accessed August 9, 2020 (Finnish).
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