Nobelhallen
Indoor ice hockey rink in Karlskoga, Sweden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Location | Karlskoga, Sweden |
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Type | Indoor arena |
Opened | 15 October 1972 (1972-10-15) |
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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]