Ásvellir is a sports venue in

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with a gym, pool, basketball court and football field. Two decades ago in 1996 a company and the

council signed an agreement to subsidize the construction of the complex. Finished in 1999, it started to host tournaments in 2000.

Refurbishment

In 2014, the Ásvellir gym part was refurbished by polishing the gym surface, grinding up the floor and inserting the lines again. Its roof began to leak in October 2016 seeing that there was a storm.

Ólafssalur

In 2018, a new basketball court in the Ásvellir area was opened. It was named Ólafssalur, in memory of

Ólafur Rafnsson Ólafur Eðvarð Rafnsson (7 April 1963 - 19 June 2013) was the president of FIBA Europe from 2010 until 2013. He also served president of the Icelandic Basketball Association from 1996 until 2006 when he was voted as the president of the National ...

, former president of

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. Ólafssalur has a capacity of 700.

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