Viking stadium
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 Stavanger , Norway
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| Coordinates | 58 ° 54 '52.6 " N , 5 ° 43' 49.6" E |
| owner | Viking Stavanger |
| operator | Viking FK |
| start of building | 2003 |
| opening | May 1, 2004 |
| First game | Viking Stavanger - Molde FK 1-1 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | NOK 160 million (approx. € 20 million ) |
| architect | LINK signature AS / NBBJ design |
| capacity | 16,300 seats |
| playing area | 105 m × 68 m |
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The Viking Stadium is a football stadium in the Norwegian city of Stavanger . The city is located in the Fylke Rogaland at the southern tip of the country. The football club Viking Stavanger owns the facility and plays its home games here.
Stadion
The club's own stadium, opened in 2004, replaced the Stavanger Stadium , which was inaugurated in 1917 . Today it offers 16,300 covered seats (500 of which are standing) for football matches. The sports facility is equipped with modern facilities such as B. VIP boxes, infrared heaters under the stadium roof to warm the spectators and a lawn heating system.
The stadium would have been a possible venue for the 2016 European Football Championship , to which Norway and Sweden had applied together. There were plans to expand the stadium to at least 30,000 seats. On December 9, 2009, the two associations withdrew their application.
In addition to football, the arena is used for concerts. So were u. a. REM , Plácido Domingo , Bob Dylan , Bryan Adams , Sissel Kyrkjebø and Roger Waters ( Pink Floyd ) are guests at the Viking Stadium .
Data
- Capacity: 16,300 seats
- Seats: 15,800
- Standing space: 500
- Record attendance: 16,600 spectators at the Tippeligaen game Viking Stavanger - Brann Bergen (3: 1) on June 24, 2007
- Commercial space: 9000 square meters
- VIP boxes : 38
- VIP box seats: 1,040
- Total cost: 160 million NOK (20 million € )
- Height of the stadium: 22 meters
- Floodlight system : 1,400 lux
- Entrances: 14
- Playing field dimensions: 105 m × 68 m
financing
The total cost of NOK 160 million was financed by the municipality of Stavanger with NOK 50 million; Lottery revenue and NOK 10 million tax relief; the sale of the commercial space brought in NOK 22 million; a sponsorship contract with SR-Bank of 17 million NOK over 8 years. In addition, there are long-term loan agreements with SR-Bank for NOK 30 million and finally NOK 31 million share capital.
Web links
- Stadium on the Viking Stavanger website (Norwegian)
- Report in Dagbladet from 2004 about the new arena (Norwegian)
- Stadium on the website of the architects Link Signatur AS (Norwegian)
- Series of pictures of the arena
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plans for the EM 2016 and expansion of the stadium ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Norwegian)
- ↑ Data on the stadium on the Viking website ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Norwegian)
- ↑ Financing the stadium (Norwegian)
