Stiga Sports Arena Eskilstuna, or simply Stiga Sports Arena, is an indoor venue and sports arena in the Munktellstaden district in central

Eskilstuna Eskilstuna () is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The city of Eskilstuna had 69,948 inhabitants in 2020, with a total population of 107,806 inhabitants in Eskilstuna municipality ...

, Sweden, which is commonly used to host sporting events, such as

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, and

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at a national level.

Construction

The arena has three halls named A (largest), B and C (smallest), with the main arena being approximately 15,600 square meters. Hall A, where Eskilstuna Guif, among others, play their home matches. The arena can hold 3,700 seats for sporting events and up to 5,000 spectators at concerts. The arena accommodates four full-sized training courts (20 x 40 meters). The A hall accommodates two and can be divided using a curtain wall. The grandstand capacity can be changed down to 3,200 using telescopic stands. Stiga Sports Arena is classified in level gold as an environmental building.

History

In May 2014, the Eskilstuna Municipal Council made the decision to build a new arena and swimming facility, to replace the then Eskilstuna Sporthall and Vattenpalatset and build a new

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for Mälardalen college at that location. The construction of the arena began on 25 May 2015. The new swimming facility, Munktellbadet, was inaugurated on 28 May 2016. On 17 January 2017, the name of the new arena was announced, ''Stiga Sports Arena Eskilstuna''. The name came about after the local company

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made a collaboration agreement with

municipality. The arena was officially inaugurated on 3 June 2017, but had a sneak premiere for

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's men's team already on 6 April 2017. The arena hosted the

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of the 2020 edition of

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on 29 February 2020. It hosted the fourth heat of

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* {{Commons category inline Indoor arenas in Sweden Basketball venues in Sweden Handball venues in Sweden Swimming venues in Sweden Sports venues completed in 2017 2017 establishments in Sweden Sport in Eskilstuna Sports venues in Södermanland County 21st-century establishments in Södermanland County

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