Nobelhallen is an indoor arena in Karlskoga, Sweden. Its current capacity is 5,600[1] and it was built in 1971. It is the home arena of the ice hockey team BIK Karlskoga.
Location | Karlskoga, Sweden |
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Type | Indoor arena |
Opened | 15 October 1972 |
Tenants | |
BIK Karlskoga |
The first ice hockey game inside Nobelhallen, which replaced Boforsrinken, was played on 15 October 1972, a friendly game where KB Karlskoga lost, 5–9, against Djurgården IF.[2] Nobelhallen hosted the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Nobelhallen was also used as a music venue hosting concerts with among others Roxette, Kent, Scorpions, David Lee Roth and John Fogerty.
Nobelhallen was set to be renovated in 2021, but the multi-million Swedish krona-rebuild was postponed.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Nobelstadion och Nobelhallen - Alfred Nobels Karlskoga". Karlskoga.se. 2014-10-06. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ^ Joacim Book (8 November 2012). "40-årsfest mot Djurgården" (in Swedish). Svenska fans. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Nobelhallens ombyggnation dröjer – men målsättningen är kvar". karlskoga.se (in Swedish). Karlskoga Municipality. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.