SOLNA - Friends Arena (51,100)

[Carrerra]

Originally Posted by berkshire royal

as nice as the new render is it looks like every other new stadium being built in europe at the moment the orignal was better

That's because people pursue cost-effective design with every version update

[berkshire royal]

still it would be nice if for once the original more interesting project happened because at the moment it feels like every stadium that is different from the others ends up not happening and its becoming frustrating in 10 years time europe might be full of stadiums all loking exactly the same

[AUTO]

I prefer old version (more individual and characteristic) but it's better to wait for better vizualizations of new version.

[Alle]

They should have included at least one larger tier as a cheering section. Other than that its a good design.

[Kevlargeist]

Very nice looking arena. Congrats Stockholm, this'll surely beat the other ones in the Nordics.

[soccerzlatan]

check out the latest renderings at: www.arenastaden.se

[Loranga]

There are now doubts about the financing of this stadium...

[Carrerra]

Regarding SwedBank Arena, can anyone summarize this article in English please?
The key point is, did it mention when the construction will start and complete?

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2008-12-17 | Tillbaka

Klart med finansiering av Swedbank Arena
Ett nytt avtal med Swedbank säkrar finansieringen av Swedbank Arena.
Projektet går enligt plan och förutsatt att bygglovet är beviljat kommer byggnationen att påbörjas under våren 2009.
Ett första spadtag är planerat till den 4 maj.


Den samtidiga byggnationen av Swedbank Arena, Quality Hotel och Skandinaviens största köpcentrum Mall of Scandinavia, gör Arenastaden till Sveriges största byggarbetsplats åren fram till invigningen år 2012.

- Till vår fördel sammanfaller byggnationen med en lågkonjunktur och fallande byggkostnader, vilket gynnar hela projektet, säger Christian Alexandersson vd för Swedbank Arena och Arenastaden.

År 2012 sker den historiska invigningen av Nordens nya och största fotbolls-, evenemangs- och multiarena. Det är 100 år sedan invigningen av Stockholms Olympiastadion som var dåtidens paradarena och den största i huvudstadsregionen.

- Svenska Fotbollförbundet, Solna Stad, Fabege, Jernhusen och Peab bygger nu Sveriges och norra Europas nya huvudarena för de kommande 100 åren. Arenan har kapacitet för 50 000 sittande åskådare på fotboll och för upp till 65.000 åskådare på konsert. Publiken kommer att få uppleva Sveriges landskamper, derbyn och allsvenska matcher, de största konserterna, de bästa artisterna, bandy, speedway och nya spektakulära evenemang i storformat, säger Christian Alexandersson.

Läs mer på http://www.arenastaden.se/

[bongo-anders]

Construction will start 4th may 2009 and and its planed completion is in 2012.

But will mall of scandinavia be larger than Field´s in Copenhagen.???

[staff]

It will be larger than the current size of Field's (not sure if it will be larger than Emporia in Malmö though), but Field's have expansion plans that will make it even larger iirc.

[bongo-anders]

Okay, i just never heard of the shopping center in Stockholm so i am surprised of the size of it.

Anyway back to topic.

[Loranga]

Originally Posted by soccerzlatan

Why? nice looking arena as well as a major opportunity for sweden leauge to grow,

Well, it is too large for domestic use, and too small for international use. It will not be possible to play the CL final there, and I am sure the EURO final will require 60000 seats.

The biggest thing is though it will be built with substantial tax payers money, with the state pouring in money via AB Jernhusen, the monopoly company that owns more or less all railway stations in Sweden.

[staff]

I have to admit, the capacity of Swedbank Arena is a bit odd. Since 50.000 is way too large for any 'normal' event in Sweden anyway, they might as well make it 65.000-70.000 in order for it to be able to serve as CL final venue or as a worthy UEFA EC main venue.

[www.sercan.de]

How many suites will it have?

[staff]

It is not yet known. Some basic facts are available here: http://nationalarenan.se/swedbank_arena_kortfakta.php

[Loranga]

Originally Posted by staff

I have to admit, the capacity of Swedbank Arena is a bit odd. Since 50.000 is way too large for any 'normal' event in Sweden anyway, they might as well make it 65.000-70.000 in order for it to be able to serve as CL final venue or as a worthy UEFA EC main venue.

Yes, 65-70000 would be more sound. I am afraid this project will be as "successful" as the Globe arena, which is almost always empty. The reason is politicians playing with tax payers money, heavily cheered on by the banks wating to issue bonds, construction companies and its affiliated labor union. Staten och kapitalet, you know

[Marcelo Victor]

veri nice stadium

[IcyUrmel]

Originally Posted by staff

I have to admit, the capacity of Swedbank Arena is a bit odd. Since 50.000 is way too large for any 'normal' event in Sweden anyway, they might as well make it 65.000-70.000 in order for it to be able to serve as CL final venue or as a worthy UEFA EC main venue.

I don't think it would be smart to make a stadium 50 or maybe 100 Mio. € more expensive just for the eventuality of a skandinavian EC and the option to host maybe one out of ten CL finals.

If some say that the stadium is already too big the way it is planned now (which I totally believe for domestic league football and where I wouldn't agree when it's about the national team), why should they make it even bigger and more expensive?

Anyone realized that this thread started more than three jears ago? Since then, they postponed and changed this project several times - and why? Mainly for finacial reasons!! And now you think it's something like a white elephant because it is too small?

Let's build it like that, let's apply for the final of the UEFA Europa League every year, let's hope that it sees a capaticy crowd at least three-four times a year when the national team or the domestic cup final comes by. And let's hope that there are some concerts too big for globen that justify the enormous costs for this retractable roof.

[staff]

Originally Posted by IcyUrmel

I don't think it would be smart to make a stadium 50 or maybe 100 Mio. € more expensive just for the eventuality of a skandinavian EC and the option to host maybe one out of ten CL finals.

Exactly, but why make the capacity 50.000 then? Everything above 40-45.000 is way too large for Sweden in any case. They're already wasting hundreds of millions of SEK to make it 50.000 which is a completely unjustifiable capacity for this stadium. If they're going to waste money, they might as well make it 60-70.000 instead.

[www.sercan.de]

But +60k is watsing more money than +50k