ABB Arena is the common name for the two biggest

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s in

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Venues

Arena Nord

ABB Arena Nord is the

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arena and

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's home arena. It was renovated in September 2007 and has a capacity of 4,902 spectators. "ABB Arena Nord" is the renovated arena, which was earlier called ''Rocklundahallen''.

Arena Syd

"ABB Arena Syd" is the second arena and is a multi-purpose arena mainly used for

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, but also for

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s and exhibitions. ABB Arena Syd is the biggest permanent indoor arena for bandy in Sweden (

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and

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, where a few Swedish Championship finals have been played, are bigger, but they are not usually used for bandy). ABB Arena Syd is the home arena for

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and has a capacity of 9,000 spectators at bandy matches.ABB Arena Syd information at Rocklunda's official website
. Retrieved 16 May 2011. It was the main arena at the Bandy World Championship 2009. The Federation of International Bandy (FIB) have arranged training camps for developing bandy countries here.

References

External links

ABB Arena Nord homepage on rocklunda.comABB Arena Syd homepage on rocklunda.comAerial photograph over Rocklunda (use zoom function if needed)
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Venues

Arena Nord

Arena Syd

See also

References

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