The Visma Arena or Växjö Arena is a

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Växjö Växjö () is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 71,282 inhabitants (2020) out of a Municipalities of Sweden, municipal population of 97,349 (2024). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial ce ...

, Sweden and the home of

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. The stadium is a part of a large redevelopment of the area formerly known as Värendsvallen into Arenastaden, which also includes a new ice hockey arena, floorball arena and a dedicated indoor athletics arena. Between 2012 and 2020, it was known as Myresjöhus Arena.

History

On 29 March 2011 it was announced that the house builder Myresjöhus had purchased the naming rights to the stadium for an undisclosed amount. Myresjöhus Arena is a dedicated football stadium with a capacity of 12,000 (10,000 seated), with the entire audience under roof. The stadium conforms to UEFA category 3 for international games as well as Svenska Fotbollförbundets upcoming demands for stadiums in

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. The official groundbreaking took place on 31 March 2011 and was led by Lars-Åke Lagrell, chairman of Svenska Fotbollförbundet. The first competitive football match at the stadium was played on 3 September 2012 between

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rivals

and

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, ending in a 1–1 draw.

Structure and facilities

Facts and figures in short: * Seated audience: 10 000 * Standing audience: 2 000 * Gates: 4 * Boxes: 16 * Restaurants: 2 * Pubs: 2 * Toilets: 144 * 20 places for wheelchairs with adjacent seating for personal assistants * Playing area 105x68, field area 120x80

UEFA Women's Euro 2013

The stadium hosted three first-round games and one quarter-final at

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. During the finals it was known as the "Växjö Arena" for sponsorship reasons. The following matches were played at the stadium during the

Other uses

International football matches

Records

* Record attendance: 12,173,

against

, 3 September 2012.

Panorama image

Awards

* Winner of Växjö Municipality building prize 2013. * Stadium of the year (2012) nominee at ''StadiumDB.com''.Stadium of the Year Nominee: Myresjöhus Arena
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External links

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Myresjöhus Arena at the official website of Östers IF

360 degree view of the stadium at the official website of Östers IF

References

{{UEFA Women's Euro 2013 stadiums Football venues in Sweden Sports venues in Växjö Östers IF Sports venues completed in 2012 2012 establishments in Sweden 21st-century establishments in Kronoberg County