Linköping Arena

The Linköping Arena, also known by its sponsored name Bilbörsen Arena, is an association football stadium in Linköping, Sweden. Opened in 2013, the stadium has a capacity of 7,400[1] and hosted four games at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 tournament. Following the tournament, the stadium became home to Linköpings FC women's association football team. The name was discussed for a while and the project name was Arena Linköping[2] before at the inauguration it was announced as Linköping Arena.[3] In April 2023, Bilbörsen bought the rights to the stadium and it was renamed Bilbörsen Arena.[4]

Linköping Arena
Linköping Arena in November 2014
LocationLinköping, Sweden
Capacity7,400
Construction
Broke ground29 August 2011 (2011-08-29)
Opened5 May 2013 (2013-05-05)
Tenants
Linköpings FC (2013–)
FC Linköping City (2013–)

References

  1. "Linköping Arena". linkopingfc.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. "Arena Linköping". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  3. "Linköpings arena fick ett namn". corren.se. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  4. "Linköping arena byter namn – biljätte köper rättigheterna" [Linköping arena changes name - car giant buys the rights] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 13 April 2023.

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