TUIL Arena is an association football venue located in

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the 21s ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

, Opened in 1983, it is the home ground of

Tromsdalen UIL Tromsdalen UIL is a Norwegian sports club founded in 1938, from Tromsdalen in the municipality of Tromsø. It has sections for football, athletics, skiing and gymnastics. The men's football team plays in 2. divisjon, the third level in Norweg ...

, which plays in the First Division. The pitch is owned by the club and has

artificial turf Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commer ...

. It will be superseded by TUIL Arena that is planned to open in 2010. The field has also been used by

Tromsø IL Tromsø Idrettslag is a Norwegian professional football club founded in 1920, based in the city of Tromsø. They play their home games at Alfheim Stadion. Tromsø play in the Eliteserien. Tromsø have won the Norwegian Cup twice, in 1986 and ...

for

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

games. The attendance record is 3,200 people who attended a match between Tromsdalen and Bodø/Glimt in 1992. Located next to the stadium is an artificial long track speed skating oval also called Tromsdalen Kunstisbane.

External links

TUIL Arena - Nordic Stadiums

References

Football venues in Norway Eliteserien venues Sport in Tromsø Buildings and structures in Tromsø Speed skating venues in Norway 1983 establishments in Norway Sports venues completed in 1983 Sports venues in Troms og Finnmark {{Norway-sports-venue-stub