Nobelhallen is an indoor

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, Sweden. Its current capacity is 5,600 and it was built in 1971. It is the home arena of the

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team

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. The first ice hockey game inside Nobelhallen, which replaced Boforsrinken, was played on 15 October 1972, a friendly game where

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lost, 5–9, against Djurgården IF. Nobelhallen hosted the

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. Nobelhallen was set to be renovated in 2021, but the multi-million Swedish krona-rebuild was postponed.

References

External links

Nobelhallen on boforsik.comPictures and facts (unofficial)
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