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. It is the home arena of the

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and

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teams. Its current capacity is 5,400 spectators. The arena was first opened on 17 December 1963 as ''Umeå ishall'' and rebuilt as ''Umeå Arena'' in 2001, which was the name until 2005. On 1 October 2008, the name was reverted to Umeå Arena after a new sponsor deal. On 17 September 2013, the arena was renamed ''T3 Center'' after the Swedish telecommunication company T3 bought the

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for at least the following five seasons (through the 2017–18 season).

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