Nammo Stadion is a

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located at

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, and is the home of Norwegian 1. divisjon club

. The stadium has a current capacity of 1,800 spectators.

History

Plans for a new stadium for Raufoss Fotball were announced as early as November 2006. The construction costs were estimated to

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25 million and the planned capacity was 6,000 of which 2,000 were seated. Problems with funding delayed the project several years, and in 2014, Raufoss Fotball announced to ''

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'' that they would have to withdraw from the project without funding guarantees from Raufoss municipality. Nammo Stadion was opened on 13 June 2015. Raufoss won the opening game against Sprint-Jeløy with the score 3–1. In 2016, after Raufoss' promotion to the second tier, Raufoss was given NOK 1,500,000 from Oppland

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for facility upgrades, including

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, floodlights and increased under-roof seating capacity.

Attendances

This shows the average attendance on Raufoss' home games since the 2016 season, the first full season after the opening of Nammo Stadion.

References

External links

Nammo Stadion
at raufossfotball.no {{1. divisjon venues Football venues in Norway Sports venues completed in 2015 2015 establishments in Norway Raufoss IL