Storstadion is a

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. It was the home ground of

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until the summer of 2007. It is currently used mostly for

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meets and football matches, and is the home ground of

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. The stadium's capacity is approximately 7,000 of which 2,000 is seated. The stadium was built in 1969. The venue has hosted

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matches three times, playing 0–2 against

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on 30 June 1975, 3–0 against

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on 11 September 1984 and 1–1 against

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on 20 May 2002. Sandefjord Fotball played one and a half top division seasons, a total of 20 games, at Storstadion. On 1 July 2007, they played their last home game at Storstadion against

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. In 2006, the municipality of Sandefjord approved Sandefjord Fotball's request to build a new stadium at Pindsle, The new arena was named

Komplett Arena Release Arena (previously called Komplett Arena for sponsorship reasons and Sandefjord Arena) is the current stadium of Sandefjord Fotball. It was opened on 21 July 2007, when Lyn visited Sandefjord, and is still the match with the highest attendan ...

and has hosted Sandefjord Fotball's home games since 21 July 2007.

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