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Conventum Arena is a exhibition centre located in central
Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...
, Sweden. The decision on a new exhibition hall in the city was taken around 2005 with construction beginning in January 2007. The arena was completed in March 2008 and was built between
Örebro södra station Örebro ( , ) is the sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and has ...
, Scandic Grand Hotel, and
Conventum Kongress The ''Conventum'' is a Latin text from around 1030 that narrates the relations between Duke William V of Aquitaine and Lord Hugh IV of Lusignan in the preceding twenty years. The exact nature of the text is a matter of scholarly disagreement. It ...
. The latter, incidentally, the same owners as the Conventum Arena; namely Kongrexum AB, and Conventum. The idea is that these buildings, along with the Medborgarhuset conference centre, to be included in a central convention complex, with the stadium specialising in fairs, conferences, dinners, concerts, and festivals. The arena hosted the second-chance round of
Melodifestivalen 2010 Melodifestivalen 2010 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2010. It was the selection for the 50th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 49th edition of Melodifestivalen. Five heats were held in ...
, and the fourth semi-final of
Melodifestivalen 2015 Melodifestivalen 2015 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's 55th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Måns Zelmerlöw won with the song "Heroes". The hosts for the show were Sanna Nielsen (winner of Melodifestivalen 201 ...
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* {{Authority control Indoor arenas in Sweden