Arena Fyn, officially known as the Jyske Bank Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a sports and concert arena in the southeastern part of the

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city of

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. It has an area of and can accommodate 4,000 spectators at sporting events and 5,500 at concerts, where the floor is used.

Construction

The agreement about the construction of Arena Fyn was made in autumn 2005 and by March 2007 the arena was finished. The price of building was 90 million Danish kroner.

Use

The Scottish band Travis had a concert in the arena in the October 2007. It is also used for sports, including the Nordea Danish Open. The handball HC Odense (formerly Team Odense GOG) has played their home games in the arena. The

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has been held in Arena Fyn since 2007. The sports equipment shop Stadium has sponsored the arena since June 2010. Arena Fyn held the

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (), also known as Melodi Grand Prix or simply DMGP, is an annual music competition organised by the Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) since 1957, which determines the for the Eurovision Song Contest. The fe ...

, on 8 March 2014, to select Denmark's entry for the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest 2014, in

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. One week later, Arena Fyn held MGP Junior, a kids version of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.

References

External links

Info about the arena on OSE's website
Indoor arenas in Denmark Sports venues completed in 2005 Buildings and structures in Odense Sports venues in Denmark Music venues completed in 2005 {{music-venue-stub

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