Frölundaborg is an indoor arena located in the Frölunda borough of

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. Frölundaborg is primarily used as an indoor venue for

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games. It has a capacity of 7,600 people. The attendance record is 10,244, set in 1970. It also has been used when the main arena,

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, has been scheduled for other activities. This has been the case several times for unplanned matches, such as when

Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...

played in the Swedish Championship finals. It also serves as a venue for

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events. The Frölundaborg, along with the Scandinavium, were the venues hosting the 2024 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Gothenburg. It hosted games in Pool B.

History

Frölundaborg cost 6.3 million SEK (Swedish Krona) to build in 1967. Since then, 4.9 million SEK has been invested in the facility, which was valued to 3.7 million SEK in the beginning of 2006. The arena changed owners in February 2006 and underwent renovations for 100 million SEK in 2007 to make it a modern arena. In the late 1980s Frölundaborg was also used as a live music venue as a smaller and less expensive alternative to 12,000 seat arena

hosting concerts by bands including

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and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frolundaborg Sports venues in Gothenburg Frölunda HC Indoor arenas in Sweden Ice hockey venues in Sweden Figure skating venues in Sweden Handball venues in Sweden Sports venues completed in 1967 1967 establishments in Sweden 1960s establishments in Gothenburg and Bohus County

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