Nobelhallen

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Nobelhallen
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Nobelhallen in July 2019
Nobelhallen
Location Karlskoga, Sweden
Type Indoor arena
Opened15 October 1972 (1972-10-15)
Tenants
BIK Karlskoga

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.

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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]

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References

  1. "Nobelstadion och Nobelhallen - Alfred Nobels Karlskoga". Karlskoga.se. 2014-10-06. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  2. Joacim Book (8 November 2012). "40-årsfest mot Djurgården" (in Swedish). Svenska fans. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. "Nobelhallens ombyggnation dröjer – men målsättningen är kvar". karlskoga.se (in Swedish). Karlskoga Municipality. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

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