Stockholm Globe Arena
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| Stockholm Globe Arena | |
 The Stockholm Globe Arena |
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| Building Information | |
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| Name | Stockholm Globe Arena |
| Location | Stockholm |
| Country | Sweden |
| Architect | Svante Berg, Lars Vretblad |
| Completion Date | 1989 |
The Stockholm Globe Arena or, in Swedish, Globen ("The Globe") is an arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
It is currently the largest hemispherical building in the world and took two and a half years to build. Shaped like a large golf ball, it has a diameter of 110 meters (361 feet) and an inner height of 85 meters (279 feet). The volume of the building is 600,000 cubic meters (21,188,800 cubic feet). It has seating capacity for 16,000 spectators for shows and concerts, and 14,119 for Ice Hockey. It represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System.
Globen is primarily used for ice hockey, and is the former home arena of Djurgårdens IF and AIK, but these clubs still plays some of their games here. It opened in 1989 and seats (since 2005) 14,119 for ice hockey games, but is also used for musical performances as well as other sports than ice hockey, for example football. It is owned by FCA fastigheter. The third team to play a home game in their league was Huddinge IK (three home games there, all in 1993), followed by Hammarby IF (some 20 home games in The Globen to this day) and AC Camelen (one game in 1998, in the sixth (!) level league, with 92 spectators).
In 2003 The Globen hosted some games of the European Basketball Championship. It has hosted the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships twice, in 1989 (for which it was built) and 1995, as well as some World Cup of Hockey games in 1996 and 2004. It has also been the venue for the NHL Challenge series, when teams from the NHL came to Sweden to play against Swedish teams: the Vancouver Canucks in 2000, the Colorado Avalanche in 2001 and the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2003. The arena has also hosted a couple of Monster Jam events, and the World Floorball Championships in 1996 and 2006. In 1989 it also hosted the European Men's Volleyball Championship. The first two games of the 2008/09 season of the NHL, between the Ottawa Senators and the Pittsburgh Penguins will be played in The Globen.
Pope John Paul II held a mass in the arena in 1989 as the first pope to hold a mass in Sweden. Other notable appearances at the arena have included Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela. As for concerts, acts such as Kiss, Bob Dylan, George Michael, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, The Rolling Stones, Roxette, Guns N' Roses, Bruce Springsteen, Britney Spears, Luciano Pavarotti, Black Sabbath, Simon and Garfunkel, U2, Shania Twain, R.E.M., Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Def Leppard, Rush, Aerosmith, Beyonce, Linkin Park, The Who, The Police and many more. The Eurovision Song Contest and MTV Europe Music Awards, were held there in 2000.
Most recently, the stadium was used for the finals of the Men's World Floorball Championship and the Idol 2007 Grand Final. In 1989, and every year since 2002, Globen Arena hosted the final of Melodifestivalen.
[edit] Images
 Construction stage photo of the MERO space frame. |
 Another construction photo. |
 Interior of the arena. |
 Interior of the arena. |
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| Preceded by International Convention Center Jerusalem |
Eurovision Song Contest Venue 2000 |
Succeeded by Parken Stadium Copenhagen |
| Preceded by Abdi İpekçi Arena Istanbul |
Eurobasket Final Venue 2003 |
Succeeded by Belgrade Arena Belgrade |
| Preceded by Schluefweg Kloten 2004 |
IFF World Championships Finals Venue 1996 2006 |
Succeeded by O2 Arena Prague 2008 |
