Bolt Arena

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Bolt Arena
Aerial view of the stadium from the tower of the Olympic Stadium (2008)
Aerial view of the football stadium from the tower of the Olympic stadium (2008)
Earlier names

Töölön jalkapallostadion (planning and construction phase)
Finnair Stadium (2000-2010)
Sonera Stadium (2010-2017)
Telia 5G -areena (2017-2020)

Data
place Urheilukatu 5 00250 Helsinki , Finland
FinlandFinland
Coordinates 60 ° 11 '15.8 "  N , 24 ° 55' 21.8"  E 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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Events

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

Commons : Bolt Arena  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Töölön jalkapallostadion on nyt Bolt Arena. In: hjk.fi. HJK Helsinki , January 29, 2020, accessed August 9, 2020 (Finnish).