Swedbank Stadion

Stadion Himmaborgen (" The Home Fortress" in Scanian slang) Malmö New Stadium[1]
Interior of Swedbank Stadion at first game played in early April 2009.
Location	Malmö, Sweden
Coordinates	55°35′01″N 12°59′16″E / 55.58361°N 12.98778°E / 55.58361; 12.98778
Broke ground	2007-04-23
Opened	April 13, 2009
Owner	Peab 50% Malmö FF 25% Erling Pålsson Teknik & Fastighets AB 25%
Surface	Grass, 105 × 68 metres[2]
Construction cost	695 million SEK[2]
Architect	Fojab arkitekter Berg Arkitektkontor
Structural engineer	Byggteknik i Skåne
Main contractors	Peab
Capacity	24,000, of which 18,000 are seated. (league games) 21,000 all seated. (international games)
Tenants
Malmö FF

Swedbank Stadion is a football stadium in Malmö, Sweden, that is used for football matches and hosts the home matches of Malmö FF. The stadium has a league capacity of 24,000 people (18,000 of which are seated and 6,000 standing) or 21,000 seats in international matches; it replaced Malmö FF's former stadium Malmö Stadion. On July 12, 2007, Malmö FF announced that they had sold the naming rights for the arena to the Swedish bank Swedbank.^[3] Other companies that have acquired naming rights to stands inside the stadium are construction company Peab, brewing company Carlsberg (which will market its beer brand Falcon), newspaper Sydsvenskan, and the energy corporation E.ON. ^[4] The stadium also hosted the finals of the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championships, along with three group stage games. ^[5] After the Under-21 Championships, the current all-seater away section will be refitted to terraces. ^[6]

[edit] References

1. ^ Official designation by UEFA during the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championships due to sponsorship rules.
2. ^ ^{a b} http://swedbankstadion.se/Om_stadion/Korta_fakta.aspx
3. ^ Jönsson, Kent (2007-07-12). "Madsen: Inget tak i avtalet" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan.se. http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/article251226.ece. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
4. ^ Malmö FF (30 January 2009). "E.ON tribunsponsor för Swedbank Stadion". http://www.mff.se/nyheter/nyhet.asp?Id=3362. 
5. ^ Malmö FF (3 March 2008). "Finalen i U21 EM spelas på Swedbank Stadion!". http://www.mff.se/nyheter/nyhet.asp?Id=2824. 
6. ^ Malmö FF (May 7 2009). "Swedbank Stadion ska byggas om". http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/article430552/Swedbank-Stadion-ska-byggas-om.html. 

[edit] External links

• Swedbank Stadion at Malmö FF's official homepage
• Interior tour of stadium

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