Östersund Arena is a multi-purpose venue in

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...

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. The arena can be used for

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. The arena opened in 2013, and replaced the Z-hallen for the

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ice hockey team.

Arena

The arena accommodates two ice hockey fields, a gymnasium, a restaurant and an artificially frozen outdoor

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

rink. The stadium is located to the north-west of Östersund near to the

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and the

Jämtkraft Arena Östersund Arena, currently known as Jämtkraft Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Östersund, Sweden. Its current capacity is 8,466 and it was opened on 13 July 2007. The official tenants are Östersunds FK and Östersunds D ...

football stadium. The "A Hall" can accommodate 2,700 spectators for ice hockey games, including approximately 2,100 seats. The attendance record of 2,700 people was set of 24 January 2015 when

played

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, and the match ended 2-0 to Östersunds IK. The gymnastics hall is nearly in area and in height. The arena has, among other things, hosted the third semi-final of

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, and the 2015

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B-Pool.

Tenants

The arena's tenants include; ice hockey team Östersunds IK, figure skating team IF Castor, figure skating team Östersunds Konståkningsförening, bandy team Östersunds BS, and gymnastics team Östersundsgymnasterna.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostersund Arena Bandy venues in Sweden Multi-purpose stadiums in Sweden Sports venues completed in 2013 Indoor arenas in Sweden Indoor ice hockey venues in Sweden 2013 establishments in Sweden